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

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks a lot, Leland.  I will see if I can find another opportunity to 
use the lens.  Meanwhile, here is the only other shot that I have, made 
with the lens, on a very cold January morning.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mocking+Bird.jpg.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/1/2016 5:52 AM, Leland Deane wrote:
> Jim,
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> I woke up this morning to the list and or post. I am just blown away by the
> flower image. Every lens is a reflection (no pun) of the era that it was
> developed and how people envisioned photography. I found myself instantly
> transported to a time over 100 years ago.
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> Thank you so much for making my day!!
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> I want more of these please!!
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> Best regards,
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> Leland
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> I love the idea of putting a lens from the 1890s on a camera from the 2010s.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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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
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
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>> Here is the mount, shown with the E-1
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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