Sanders McNew
Rolleiflex User
So, I thought I would try out a Jupiter 8
on my IIIa. I bought a nice clean one
from Alex, and today I took it on an
excursion to the Guggenheim with my
wife Melanie. After developing the roll,
I learn to my horror that it chopped off her
head in nearly every frame. This isn't just
parallax -- it happened in some photos with
her several yards/meters from the camera.
It's a 5cm lens so I would have thought the
viewfinder was accurate. My Summars don't
behave this way -- they stay inside the finder
frame for the most part. Do these Jupiter 8s
sit on the mount differently, somehow, from
their Leica counterparts? Why did it chop off
her head? She did not deserve it.
Sanders
on my IIIa. I bought a nice clean one
from Alex, and today I took it on an
excursion to the Guggenheim with my
wife Melanie. After developing the roll,
I learn to my horror that it chopped off her
head in nearly every frame. This isn't just
parallax -- it happened in some photos with
her several yards/meters from the camera.
It's a 5cm lens so I would have thought the
viewfinder was accurate. My Summars don't
behave this way -- they stay inside the finder
frame for the most part. Do these Jupiter 8s
sit on the mount differently, somehow, from
their Leica counterparts? Why did it chop off
her head? She did not deserve it.
Sanders
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