58 mm lens is indeed a Biotar, not a Sonnar. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 17. joulukuuta 2001 16:53 Aihe: Re: Intro and Question - 50mm lens >>> 1) I am not sure about Helios-44, but if it's the 2/58 it >>> isn't Sonnar I think. I can't check at the moment, as my archives of >>> Praktica Users Group Worldwide are not working :( >Peter wrote: >PL> I am only curious why they chosen such suggestive name then... > >I am really not sure about it. I can'g get to the PUGW archives, so if >you are really interested, you might consider subscribing to PUGW and >asking there :) if you do, please send them my regards. > >good light! > Frantisek Vlcek > >P.S.: The Jupiter-11 (?) 2/85 is really a Sonnar copy, but the >Jupiter-12 (?) 2.8/35 is a copy of Zeiss Biogon... go figure :) - 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 .

