[Leica] IMG: Takumar 50/1.4

[lluisripollphotography]

Jim,

But I don’t dislike the warm color, I like it, mainly in some atmospheric pictures

Lluis



> El 13 març 2017, a les 22:09, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
> 
> Lluis,
> 
> After your comment, I took the lens and looked through it toward a cloudy sky, and it does have a warm color.  Whether it was made that way, or darkened with age, I can't really say.  I seem to recall that, at one time, I placed it in bright sunlight for a few days, to reduce the yellowing.  The color is not really objectionable to me, but could be to some viewers.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 3/13/2017 2:48 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
>> 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 març 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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