[Leica] IMG: From the Distant Past

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

What an experiment. It has worked very well! I admire your patience and
your craft in getting it done!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 1:54 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Many years ago, I came across a lens manufactured in England circa
> 1890.  It is a Ross London No. 6 Symmetrical with 8-inch focal length
> and is f/16 wide open, with rotary Waterhouse stops down to f/64, and
> was obviously designed to be mounted on a lens board for a studio or
> view camera.  Ten years ago, I decided I wanted to see what it would
> produce in the way of images.  While I had a couple of large cameras
> packed away, they were missing parts and were awkward to handle.  I
> decided I would find a way to mount it on my Olympus E-1. With the help
> of adapters, a bellows, parts from discarded lenses and a thick, carved
> lens board, I finally put it all together.
>
> Here is the lens itself:
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101208-PC081708-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> Here is the assembly:
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101231-Final+Assembly.JPG.html
>
> And, on a cold January morning, I returned home from an unsuccessful
> photo outing to find a Mocking Bird in a tree by my driveway. I rolled
> down the window and quietly shot a few frames at full extension, about
> 15 feet from my truck.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20110102-P1020695-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> Yes, I decided, those old lens makers knew what they were doing.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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