Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Lluis, Thanks for taking a look and your kind comments. The Steinheil lenses (I have 2 of them) I have are specially made for the Braun Paxette, very compact and have a different register distance than Leica LTM lenses although they have the same M39 screw thread. This is actually quite useful for adapting them to my Canon DSLR because the maximum focusing distance is then around 4 metres. Leica lenses only focus to a maximum of about 10 centimetres - more or less macro. Bets regards from Hannover Douglas On 01.05.2010 21:16, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > I found very interesting your pictures, and they are very nice. The > Steinheil 85 was a lens I was attracted for it, but I've never > decided, as Jim says contrast is no so good as Leica glass, your > pictures show a great and nice contrast. > > Thanks for posting > > Saludos > Lluis > > > El 01/05/2010, a las 10:59, Douglas Sharp escribi?: > >> Just been playing around with some old lenses in the garden. >> >> These are what happen when you put a Steinheil Cassarit 2.8/45 (M39 >> screw mount but not LTM) from a Braun Paxette on the front end of a >> DSLR. >> The lens was probably built around 1955 (when I was 3 years of age!). >> It seems to be doing quite well, although it's very prone to flare >> and lack of contrast in some lighting situations. >> >> Fitted directly to a Canon 20D with an M39 to EOS adapter. Aperture >> set at f5.6 >> >> Yellow daisies >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0894.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0895.jpg.html >> >> Apple blossom >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0896.jpg.html >> >> Bleeding Heart >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0902.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0903.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0904.jpg.html >> >> Best viewed large >> >> Hope you like them - I think I'll be keeping this lens. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >