I got my pictures back comparing my late black J8, with the silver tabbed J8, and Industar-50. They are all pretty close. There is no way of telling looking at 3x5s. I'm of the school that 35mm shouldn't be enlarged beyond 5x7 and I suspect the differences would not be noticable at that level of enlargement. The pictures below are at scanner resolution on my Epson 2450 (not the ideal 35mm scanner but good enough for comparisons.) Make your own judgements. I'm keeping the silver tabbed J8. Now to order those screwdrivers and lube. The I-50 is a keeper, too, for those times of maximum portability.

I've also been looking very closely at the latest version of Panavue Image Assembler. I have the previous version and it works pretty well but wasn't perfect. There was one set of 3 panels that it was having trouble with in one area. The new version nails it. The new version also can be saved in Photoshop layers so you can easily make more adjustments. And it has better capabilities in stitching hand held panels. I'm looking forward to getting my pano shots back this week. I finished out my roll of Efke 25 with some hand held panos to see just what Panavue will do. Stay tuned.