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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Takumar 50/1.4
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:48:11 +0100
References: <cc53c49a-527b-07fc-14c1-9a318c7d1733@lighttube.net>

This lens performs very well, as you know I like the rendering of the old 
lenses. These ones look to me warmer than others with modern lenses. Isn?t 
it?
Lluis

> El 12 mar? 2017, a les 22:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> I have always been impressed by the results I got from the old Pentax 
> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 lens.  While watching softball on TV, I 
> shot a few images from my recliner, not worrying about being square with 
> the subject.  I played with Exposure Adjustment to try to get somewhere 
> near the correct light.
> 
> I was impressed, once more, by how the lens performed on the X-T2.
> 
> My son, giving me the latest news from his iPhone 7:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0918.JPG.html
> 
> Sharpness, from a crop of details above the fireplace, shot at an angle, 
> with distortion corrected:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0909-1.jpg.html
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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