helios or jupiter 85mm

2002-11-22 Thread whereswayne
i notieced on ebay there was a jupiter 85 f2 m42 lens which has been talked about positively i was wondering about the helios 85mm 1.5 any experiences

Re: helios or jupiter 85mm

2002-11-22 Thread Fred
If is the same as the Zenitar 85/1.5, our own Fred has done a comparison http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85compar/ Actually, Dan, the K-mount Zenitar 85 is actually an f/1.4 (with, as I recall, a whopping 72mm filter thread - even wider glass than the A* and FA* 85/1.4's), and I don't really

Re: helios or jupiter 85mm

2002-11-22 Thread Dan Scott
On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 09:42 PM, Fred wrote: Actually, Dan, the K-mount Zenitar 85 is actually an f/1.4 (with, as I recall, a whopping 72mm filter thread - even wider glass than the A* and FA* 85/1.4's), and I don't really know if the Helios 85/1.5 is optically similar to the Zenitar