Dan, Maybe next time I am out there I can bring my Russian-English dictionary and translate the manual for you. Bill Owens lost an opportunity at Grandfather Mountain, though my Russian is extremely rusty. It has been quite a while since I last took a class.
Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -----Original Message----- -- From: Dan Scott [mailto:daniel559@;directvinternet.com] -- Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:26 PM -- -- -- My new Jupiter-9 finally made it here today. Very cool, very -- retro. Big -- chunks of glass held together with what could pass as -- repurposed auto -- parts. :-) Nicer than what I expected. -- -- The manual, naturally, is in Russian. I see that I can turn -- the outer -- ring and that apparently adjusts to limit how far the -- aperture can be -- stopped down. The ring behind that controls the aperture -- itself. Last -- is the focus ring. -- -- What is the standard approach to these old style lenses? Focus, stop -- down, and shoot? Anything I should be aware of? I'll be -- using it on my -- ZX-5n once the adapter from B&H gets here. -- -- If I decide I like it enough to want to dedicate a body to it, what -- variety of Spotmatic should I be looking for? -- -- Dan Scott --
