[Leica] IMG: A Lens from Way-Back

[Tina Manley]

It's a beautiful old lens and the quality is surprising!

Tina

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Exchanges with Moose, on the OM list, about older lenses, and his recent
> studies in colors, led me to try a couple of experiments this morning.  I
> mounted my Ross London No. 6 Symetrical 8-inch f/16 lens, from about 1890,
> on an E-510, and put the combination on a tripod.
>
> Aiming the camera at the Buddlei bush from quite a distance, I saw
> butterfly activity.  Snapping several exposures, I got a lucky hit.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No_6Symetrical+
> Butterflies.TIFF.html
>
> I also tried an out-of-focus view of a neighbor's red roof and some
> foliage.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P8315413-1.tif.html
>
> Here is the lens
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>
> Here is the mount, shown with the E-1
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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