Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Roger, Nice models and nice images, except that I find the highlighted hair strands to be a distraction. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Rubin" <vroger at gmail.com> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:17 AM Subject: [Leica] It's still exciting > Hi All: > Once again time trumps my need to communicate on the LUG. After a week > that > was really tough- I did go out with the camera. This time > I had fun for a particular reason. A number of years ago when I was > commuting to London bi -weekly I used to spend my Saturdays on Portobello > Road. This is where they have a weekly huge flea market, many bocks long. > At > No. 77, Portobello Road was a small shop crammed with used > camera equipment run by a gentleman named Brian Bedford. I went in one day > and found a Nikkor f2.8 prime 135mm lens for 75 GBP. I bought the lens > and used it on my F2. The results were spectacular, sharpness and color > rendition wise. As with all my film equipment- after very little use, the > lens > went on the shelf. The other day I purchased an adapter for my G1 that > allowed me to use the lens again. I will be using it now in Lieu of my > 135mm f.4.5 Hektor (which I also bought there for 50 GBP), and my 100mm f2 > Canon (Leica Thread). I enclose two examples: Bests: Roger > > http://v-images.smugmug.com/People/G1-WITH-NIKON/16361774_ZZfso#1230169172_BULfv-L-LB > > http://v-images.smugmug.com/People/G1-WITH-NIKON/16361774_ZZfso#1230160728_7ueTX-L-LB > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >