The Jupiter 85/2 is a copy of the Zeiss 85/2 for Contax... and it shares many of the attributes for which Zeiss is known for. There is more to a lens besides sharpness... esp. a lens which is more likely to be designated for potraiture. Being slightly soft wide open to about f4 is very useful for potraiture, and it is speculated it is actually part of the design attribute of the original zeiss lens. Another 85mm lens in screwmount worth a look is the Helios 40 which is a 85/1.5 . I paid US$70 for mine in Zenit M39 mount and maybe another US$10 for an adaptor to use it in M42. The M42 black versions are available for US$110, if you can find them. Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:29:45 +0200 From: Sas Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Jupiter 85mm f2 Hi, Juan J. Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been looking for a cheap ~85mm lens. Does anyone has experience >with the Jupiter-9? It's 85mm f2, originally a copy of a Zeiss >design. The Leica SM version has good reviews. Not too sharp, but good for portraits, or available light people photography. (I've used mine for weddings at f4 as well.) When stopped down it gets definitely sharper, one of my friends uses his one for macro work. Bokeh is very nice, thank to the close to circular (15 blades?) diaphragm. Compact, well built lens.49mm filters. The non- or single coated ones may have some flare problems. Recently I sold mine and got a Zeiss Pancolar 1.8/80 instead, which is much better opically, especially wide open. >I've seen this lens on M42 mount. Does anyone know if a K-mount >version exists? I haven't heard of one... ------------------------------------- ARE YOU A FAN OF M42 CAMERAS AND LENSES? Join Club M42 at Yahoo! Clubs - the unifying platform for M42 gear lovers. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
