Recommend me a FSU 35mm lens?

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I am planning to buy a 35mm lens for my leica CL soon. I am looking at FSU lens at the moment but realised Jupiter 12 might intrude too much into the camera and hit the meter.

Are there any other alternatives from the FSU?
 
phisto said:
I am planning to buy a 35mm lens for my leica CL soon. I am looking at FSU lens at the moment but realised Jupiter 12 might intrude too much into the camera and hit the meter.

Are there any other alternatives from the FSU?
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Not for practical use.

In 28mm there's the 28/6 Orion, which is not rangefinder-coupled, and all other options are again not for practical photographers.

When I was looking for a cheap 35mm lens, I went for a CV 35/f2.5, which is nice, compact, very good, works with the CL, and if you get the first, non-pancake-labelled version (which is just as small as the pancake version) you can get it for pretty cheap money.
 
rxmd said:
Not for practical use.

In 28mm there's the 28/6 Orion, which is not rangefinder-coupled, and all other options are again not for practical photographers.

When I was looking for a cheap 35mm lens, I went for a CV 35/f2.5, which is nice, compact, very good, works with the CL, and if you get the first, non-pancake-labelled version (which is just as small as the pancake version) you can get it for pretty cheap money.
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Think you made a mistake regarding the Orion, since it is rangefinder coupled. The Russar (20mm) is not coupled (I happen to have both).
 
gliderbee said:
I'm looking for a 35mm FSU also, esp. a J-12. It should work ok on Fed2 or Zorki 4, right ?

Thanks,
Stefan.
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It's pretty common for the J-12 not to work on a FED 2 without a minor tweak. The RF sensor sits in the wrong place and fouls up. It's ok to adjust it up or down with some CAREFUL bending until it's right (take the back off to see). I've had this on both FED 2s that I've had and a few other people have found the same.
 
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