[Leica] IMG: OMD-Leica

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Ted,

I hope I've inspired you to experiment a little.  After all, at our age, 
we can use a little excitement.  Have a great day!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/28/2019 12:05 AM, Ted Grant via LUG wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> I had the Leitz 60mm lens and used it quite a bit.
> Not that I ever paid much attention to the sharpness of any of my half dozen or more R & M lenses that were carried nearly every day some place as I rarely knew where my assignments would take me day to day?
> But where you lads are inclined to have several lenses and a body or two.
> I had days with 3 M cameras hanging off my neck, onto chest. PLUS 2 SLRS, MOTOR DRIVEN WITH DIFFERENT LENSES on my left shoulder and A 3rd SLR=MOTOR ON MY RIGHT SHOULDER, Certainly with the longest lens.240mm with
> some days an extender making it longer depending on the subject being covered?
> I had a profession that was my responsibility and I never had time to do all the fiddling things people do have time for.
> But now at the ripe age of 90 years old
> I'm trying things photographically I never had time for during the multitudes of past  years? So we shall see? maybe I'm a wee bit "oldish" to remember things on a daily basis? WE SHALL SEE? :-)
> cheers,
> Dr.ted grant O.C.
>
>
>
>
>   ---Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols
> Sent: September-27-19 10:26 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: OMD-Leica
>
> Thanks for the kind words, Ted.  Fortunately, these guys won't sting
> you, but they will fly straight at your face and make you duck for cover.
>
> Fortunately, the old Leica-R 60 Macro lens appears to hold its own with
> modern sensors.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 9/27/2019 12:18 PM, Ted Grant via LUG wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>> "WOW!" i BET THAT'S SHARP ENOUGH YOU COULD MAKE 16x20 OR 30x40 PRINTS AND FREAK A VIEWER OUT? MAKING THE VIEWER WANT TO SAVE THEMSELVE'S FROM A BEE STING?????????????
>> cheers,
>> Dr.ted  O.C.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols
>> Sent: September-27-19 9:56 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion; LUG at Leica-Users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: OMD-Leica
>>
>> I paired up my OMD E-M1 with my Leica Elmarit-R 60 Macro lens to see how
>> they worked together.  Here is a cropped image of a bee, probably a
>> Carpenter Bee, showing facial details I had never observed before.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190927-P9270405-2.JPG.html
>>
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