FrankS
Registered User
Does any one have both lenses and compared the results? A J12 costs about $40, a Biogon much more. Is it worth it in terms of image quality difference?
mjflory
Accumulator
I've just got the J12 (several) and they are very sharp. I thought the J12 was supposed to be an exact copy of the Biogon. They sure look alike!
-- Michael
-- Michael
Dougg
Seasoned Member
When I saw the thread heading I thought that's quite a dramatic confrontation -- of an old Soviet lens and a modern German/Japanese one... And I do have both the J-12 and a 35 Biogon ZM. I have not compared these, but now I expect you were referring to the Jupiter's Contax lens relative... and I don't have that one.
FrankS
Registered User
Yes, I meant the lenses to fit Kiev/Contax.
I have 2 Contax IIa cameras coming back from repair. I have several different 50mm lenses for them, a J9, and a J12. But the J12 doesn't fit on the post-war Contaxes, so I'd like a Biogon, a Nikon, or a CV 35 lens for them. In the meantime, I can use the J12 on a Nikon S RF.
I'm really done, this is just tweaking.
I have 2 Contax IIa cameras coming back from repair. I have several different 50mm lenses for them, a J9, and a J12. But the J12 doesn't fit on the post-war Contaxes, so I'd like a Biogon, a Nikon, or a CV 35 lens for them. In the meantime, I can use the J12 on a Nikon S RF.
I'm really done, this is just tweaking.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
FrankS said:I'm really done, this is just tweaking.
That last bit there...that's really classic.
"I'm not drinking any more. I'm just not drinking any LESS."
Xmas
Veteran
Frank
I think there was a pre war Biogon and a post war Biogon, only the latter fitting the IIa and IIIa series.
The FSU could copy and manufacture lens, they only attempted the prewar. The coated lens should be better, aside from build standard, e.g. many of the FSU lens do not have adequate peripheral blackening.
But the cost is less...
Noel
I think there was a pre war Biogon and a post war Biogon, only the latter fitting the IIa and IIIa series.
The FSU could copy and manufacture lens, they only attempted the prewar. The coated lens should be better, aside from build standard, e.g. many of the FSU lens do not have adequate peripheral blackening.
But the cost is less...
Noel