[Leica] Photos Using SMC Takumar 50mm 1.4 Lens

[raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)]

Extender is not a good way to make close-ups.
All the best!
Raimo K
personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/


Quoting Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net>:

> Last week, during a lengthy thread concerning various lenses that
> contained rare earth glass which can emit radiation, someone
> suggested we had discussed the subject enough, and should go out and
> use the lenses to take pictures.  I finished up a roll in my
> Spotmatic, and would like to show a couple of examples, made with the
> 50mm f/1.4 Takumar and a 2X extender.  Since this was not Leica
> glass, I hesitated to submit them as "Friday Flowers", but the
> quality of the lens is impressive to me.  It shows no sign of
> yellowing.  I do not have access to a geiger counter to check for
> radiation, but at my age, as someone suggested, it is not really a
> cause for concern.
> 
> Comments and critiques are appreciated.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Fuchsia_Blooms_sm 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Clematis_Bloom_sm 
> 
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