[Leica] IMG: The Leica-R 60mm Macro-Elmarit Lens

[Don Dory]

The 60 does deliver more detail.  Your tattered butterfly looks like the
swallowtails I captured in Mississippi in the very late 50's.

On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 3:16 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> When I want to get serious about close-up shots, I get out the Leica-R
> 60mm Macro-Elmarit lens.  I got two interesting images with it today.
> The first is a sharp image of our common Carpenter Bee on a Buddleia bloom.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210909-DSCF2880-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> The second is interesting because the subject, a rather tattered dark
> butterfly, is one I have not seen before.  The orange/red wing tip spots
> indicate that it is probably a Red Spotted Purple. If anyone has a
> different opinion, I would be open to their suggestion.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210909-DSCF2904-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> Ignore the lens information shown in the camera data.  I didn't bother
> to update the manual data input.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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