Got one in LTM form. Nice lens overall, soft wide open, sharp by f2.8. Focus is a crapshoot on my Bessa R (not enough baseline to focus it wider open than f4) but on a SLR the only issues will be the typically old Sonnar low contrast & softness wide open. My copy is remarkably good though.
It's a clone of the old Contax 85/2 Sonnar for the early Contax rangefinders. For not too much more than a pristine copy you could get an M 85/2 or Leitax a Contax 85/2.8 Sonnar. The latter has the same basic signature with better colour, smaller size and no sharpness issues wide open. A cheap Jupiter-9 isn't a bad deal if you get a good one. Soviet crapshoot rules do apply here. -Adam On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone here use it? > Satisfied with it? > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://kerygmainstitute.org > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
