Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Minature landscapes involving bonsai? :p Thein Onn Ming Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2009, at 23:57, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > No - unfortunately it's no use for that. > It only focuses to about 6 feet on the infinity mark, it's a lens > from a Braun Paxette and has a different register somewhere between > Leica LTM and M42. > > Cheers > Douglas > > Ming Thein wrote: >> Atmospheric landscapes? >> >> Thein Onn Ming >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 29, 2009, at 23:17, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> wrote: >> >>> oding: 7bit >>> >>> Thanks Ming, >>> >>> so do I, but it's hard to think of other subjects where it might >>> be useful, perhaps for portraits? (perhaps not, portraits from >>> that close are almost certain to make the subject nervous). >>> >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> Thein Onn Ming wrote: >>>> I rather like the milky blur, actually. >>>> >>>> On May 29, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've just been playing around with Canon LTM lenses on Novoflex >>>>> bellows on my Canon 20D and captured this splash of colour in >>>>> the garden. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Garden__MG_9586.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> In contrast, this one is a rather more restful shot of a >>>>> Wisteria flower taken last week with a very old Steinheil >>>>> Cassarit: The milky blur was not intentional, the lens seems to >>>>> capture it like this: >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Garden__MG_9474.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> For the technically minded, it's a set up with plenty of >>>>> adapters: LTM to M42 on the lens / M42 to CY from the lens to >>>>> the bellows / CY to EOS from the bellows to the camera. >>>>> >>>>> C+C more than welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Wishing you all a nice long weekend. All the best from a >>>>> gloriously sunny Hannover >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> THEIN Onn Ming >>>> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com >>>> www.flickr.com/mingthein >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> --------------000708090207060805010603 >>> lmost certain to make the subject nervous). >>> >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> Thein Onn Ming wrote: >>>> I rather like the milky blur, actually. >>>> >>>> On May 29, >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information