Always great images. We're these all shot at f1.8 ? . Neil
Neil, yes they were. I included the exif info with the images above. The lens is nicely sharp when wide open. It's the biggest 'plus' of this lens for me.
rji2goleez wrote:
Neil, yes they were. I included the exif info with the images above. The lens is nicely sharp when wide open. It's the biggest 'plus' of this lens for me.
And with IBIS ... who needs NEX, right? I am pretty sure OM-Dx will come with a hybrid AF with phase-detection for fast and accurate AF tracking in any direction.
juju1958 wrote:
Wilbus the jupiter lenses are the poor mans Leica lens often used on Leica cameras. All I know is what I have read online. What I read may or may not be correct. It was basically written that when the Berlin wall was built many of the factories that Leica used, were taken over and their patents were copied to produce lenses. The various camera's that the Russians made for export such as the Zorki range had these M39 fit thread lenses as their kit lens. Photographers in the wets who could not afford the Leica lenses would often use the jupiters. The jupiter 8 is a 50mm f2 . It is the only jupiter lens I own. It is about the same size as the Oly 45 if a tad smaller. A cute lens.
Sounds like a good story, but needs to be corrected a bit. It was not Leica that was taken over, it was some Carl Zeiss factories that were moved to Russia for war reparations. There they continued producing Zeiss designs under different names.
For example, the Jupiter 3 50 1.5 is the Russian version of the famous Zeiss Sonnar 50 1.5 rangefinder lens.
OpticalFlow wrote:
Sounds like a good story, but needs to be corrected a bit. It was not Leica that was taken over, it was some Carl Zeiss factories that were moved to Russia for war reparations. There they continued producing Zeiss designs under different names.
For example, the Jupiter 3 50 1.5 is the Russian version of the famous Zeiss Sonnar 50 1.5 rangefinder lens.
Thanks Opticalflow. I did not have a clue. Bumped into an old guy I know who has only ever used film and never touched a digital camera. He has bags full of Leica gear and on that premiss I imagined he knew what he was saying which is what I conveyed. Once again thanks, now I know.
Fantastic yourself. I know what you mean. The 7-14 is the first zoom I have purchased in a long, long time. My eyes are on the 12/2 and the 75/1.8 as well. But it may not make sense to get the 12 if I can get consistent results with the 7-14. I love ultra-wide. It gives perspectives you many times can't even see. It makes you think differently!
Yes I think that is what I found with my first wide lens the canon 17-40. Suddenly I was looking at shapes and forms in a completely different way which was and is quite exiting.They can bring in a lot of creativity to making pictures, bringing together elements of a scene which would otherwise not be there. I am guessing that at 12mm, the 7-14 is very good. F2 though is very appealing for me, but having said that I use it mostly for isolation rather than low light.
