[Leica] Photos Using SMC Takumar 50mm 1.4 Lens

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

Funny!

You could have fooled me. I thought it worked very well.

Daniel


On 6/6/06, Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> wrote:
> 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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