[Leica] IMG: A Lens from Way-Back

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for looking, Tina.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/31/2016 1:53 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> 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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