Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Jupiter-9, how heavy thy burden?
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 13:00:48 -0400 (EDT)

Let's put it this way - it's light enough that it won't change the balance
of the camera.  Weighs quite a bit less than the 50 Summicron. Catch is
that you need to be careful not to bang it up.  It's almost entirely
alumn(i)um.

Cheers
- ------------
Dante Stella

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Peter A. Klein wrote:

> How much does the Jupiter-9 weigh?  I'm curious how much it weighs in
> comparison to Blunt Instrument--my 85/1.9 Canon.  Blunt Instrument is
> solid brass and chrome, so it only comes out for special occasions like
> the theater, a dinner or pub, or when I might need to defend myself.  No
> way I was going to schlepp that thing all over Italy.
>
> Thankfully, my 90/4 Elmar did yeoman service, including some nice
> wide-open "portrait" shots of statues in the dimly-lit Vatican museum.
>
> --Peter
>