Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/01

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:07:16 -0500
References: <55E496ED.2000309@lighttube.net> <060301d0e41f$5cdad9f0$16908dd0$@mcmaster.fr> <55E4B681.6010908@lighttube.net>
 
On Aug 31, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> The closest tube that I have is 9mm.  I used it and shot a few images, but 
> found that focusing, at least with this lens, is very sluggish, taking a 
> wide range of motion, and the available focusing range is quite limited.  
> Here is a sample image, but I think I can do better without the tube.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ext+Tube+GF.TIFF.html

significantly higher quality
than the crops
to my eye

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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