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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    You and others know I really like a '57 KMZ J8 I have. I do not know what happened in the KMZ factory with this one but it has great color and great definition. It has that Sonnar gift of 3D imaging and does it gracefully. In my small collection of lenses this one stands out against other 50's...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I shoot mine on an M9 and it shines. The Sonnars and their derivatives do really well on this body and on the M10, too, it seems.
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I am guessing that you are shooting the J8 not the Summicron. Yes, it is a great lens. A "Best Buy" in the lens world. You have to shop for an early one and from a guy with a good track record and if you do that you will be pleasantly surprised. The CZJ factory was a good war prize for the...
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    Leica Showcase Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5 Sonnar "T", Pre-War- converted to Leica Mount

    @Ad Dieleman I originally read it somewhere as an offhand funny remark, a sort of joke. But think about it, red attracts the eye and looks good, spices up any scene. That boat, the Cape St. James, would not be half as interesting with a grey hull. Proost
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    Leica Showcase Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5 Sonnar "T", Pre-War- converted to Leica Mount

    CZJ 5cm f/1.5 272nnnn, a good lens. This one appeared at my door recently and I took Carl out for a walk today. Following the #1 rule of photography, "If it is red, take a picture of it" I post this photo. The rest can be seen here. All shot at f/4.0. M9 CZJ 272nnnn
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    The J12 out of Ukraine took about a month and a half. It was a crapshoot. But if not delivered I got a refund so I felt OK even though I wanted the lens more than the money. This is the second lens I have bought from this fellow. Both of them are good lenses. The other is a '57 J8 with very...
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    Leica Showcase Digilux 2 & 3 Images

    It seems to be treated like the red-headed stepchild, never quite welcomed as a full-fledged member of the family. And it is a good camera. This may be a reflection of a feeling that for a Leica to be good it has to cost a lot. I have some old and slow digitals which have lovely images, CCD...
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    Leica Showcase Digilux 2 & 3 Images

    Great camera. Too much overlooked and denigrated. Good pics, too.
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    Leica Showcase Digilux 2 & 3 Images

    I like very much working with my cameras. They are good. But it is the person who holds the camera who is the greater determining factor. Yes, take the same picture at the same time with an ordinary camera and a top-of-the-line camera with a top-of-the-line lens and you will see a difference...
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    Leica Showcase Digilux 2 & 3 Images

    The Digilux has usually been given short shrift but your photos shows it to be a capable performer. My first knowledge of it was in an Overgaard video of him shooting with it. It is a good camera. But it always helps to have something good to point it at. Nice collection.
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I am still dinking around with the M9/J8 combo as I like it a lot. I was really down on the J8 at first thinking it was not good at color or definition. I was wrong. Check out the nets on the Iron Lady in this photo. Sharp. If you are unaware you can click the image at Flickr and it will...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Now that is real code. I wrote the stuff COBOL was deigned to be written by, unemployed LibArts majors. Way better than, "Do you want fries with that?" Back in the day when knowing COBOL and having a half-mil pencil could get you a job anywhere in the world. I was lucky to be around when the...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I wrote very little of the C family and found it pretty disgusting. I regard it as a lazy way to write bad Assembler. I caused about all my damage in COBOL which is free of those idiotic C requirements to keep you from shooting yourself in the foot. That Leica has crappy firmware does not...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    You do realize we may just as well be talking about Runes and their meanings. Those damned Romans upended everything. I just looked at some FORTRAN code on-line and it looks straight forward but no Working Storage that I could see so definitions are all over. Is that correct? I can see how...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Oh, that's a real morale booster for this old geezer. ;o) Never wrote FORTRAN but have heard it is very good at what it is designed for. PL/I, remember that one?, is also reputed to be wonderful. The C family is the work of the Devil. By usage I prefer English-like languages. Easier to...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I'm digging out my old Algebra text right now. ;o)
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Will this be on the final?
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Dampened sine wave! I love it. And you must expect us to all be tech literate. For some, like me, even literate is the occasional struggle. I do understand what you are saying, though. Apt and succinct.
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    OTOH there are honest, decent merchants in Russia who will be needlessly suffering the impact of sanctions and war. The fellow I am doing business with seems none too happy about current events in what I am able to read into his post. Now that the ruble has cratered some hard currency could...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    This is a late follow-up to your post. But I am pasting in the reply I have from the seller in western Russia, very near the Ukraine border. He is doing all he can do. I hope it all works. The deal was done before PP and eBay shut down connections with Russia. Here is his note: "Hello. I...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Another compulsive porch photo post. Just getting ready to crash and saw the flow of fog over the river. I believe when the night air is colder than the river we get the fog. I am sure someone here will know better than I. Anyway, here it is, M240, Jupiter 8 (KMZ '57) 50mm f/2.0, f/2.0.
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    I have been having pretty good luck with a 1957 KMZ. Here is some work being done at the mooring basin: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandynoyes/51831587556/in/album-72157718636240826/lightbox/ same lens, cropped image...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    All of what you say is true. The lens I have ordered has a tracking number but does not show as "In Transit." That is normal, too, so I cannot say I will not get the lens but I am apprehensive. I took a chance. On a '51 why not? The seller says it will get here but take time. No...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Do some Google searches. There are items on the internet which lay out the four different groupings and their hierarchy. Early '50's are good. The black ones are not. An honest mistake if you had not done some research. Brian knows about as much as any mortal about the Jupiters. My '57...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    That is what I suspected but feel much better having it validated. It is being sent by mail with a tracking number. I just hope it is truly a '51. The seller, in Russia, assures me it will get here but will take a bit longer. With ~100 Rubles to the dollar he is happy to get the hard...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Let me add this one in, taken on the same day, which is quite nice in resolution and sharpness. It is a color photo but we here have used up all our colors for this month so had none to use for this photo. I am not sure if I really got lucky with this '57 KMZ copy of a Jupiter 8 or whether it...
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    Leica Showcase Jupiter 8

    Caught today in the West Mooring Basin "up on the hard." 1957 Jupiter 8, KMZ. PS - Just scooped up a 1951 J8 KMZ for US$99. Wish me luck. This '57 is nice. If the '51 is Zeiss J8 better I will be quite happy.
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