[Leica] [OM] IMG: A Lens from Way-Back

[Nathan Wajsman]

No you don’t. You use a view camera which may have been manufactured recently but is very old technology. What I am referring to is using an old lens on a modern digital camera.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 31 Aug 2016, at 21:55, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
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> Well, I do it all the time ;-)
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> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu <mailto:photo at frozenlight.eu>>
> wrote:
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>> I love the idea of putting a lens from the 1890s on a camera from the
>> 2010s.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> <http://www.frozenlight.eu/ <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/ <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/>
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
>> 
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>>> On 31 Aug 2016, at 20:14, 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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