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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:13:48 -0500
References: <55E496ED.2000309@lighttube.net> <060301d0e41f$5cdad9f0$16908dd0$@mcmaster.fr> <55E4B681.6010908@lighttube.net> <883E7D58-A3A1-4369-9839-BDDC7C2B5DB0@icloud.com>

Thanks, George, but I had trouble getting him to pose................ :-)

The short extension tube would work fine on an optical bench, but the 
focus movement is too sluggish to use tracking insects.  It does produce 
nice images if you are lucky!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/1/2015 5:07 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> The closest tube that I have is 9mm.  I used it and shot a few images, 
>> but found that focusing, at least with this lens, is very sluggish, 
>> taking a wide range of motion, and the available focusing range is quite 
>> limited.  Here is a sample image, but I think I can do better without the 
>> tube.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ext+Tube+GF.TIFF.html
> significantly higher quality
> than the crops
> to my eye
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
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Replies: Reply from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135)
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Message from john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster) ([Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135)