Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the idea of putting a lens from the 1890s on a camera from the 2010s. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 31 Aug 2016, at 20:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Exchanges with Moose, on the OM list, about older lenses, and his recent > studies in colors, led me to try a couple of experiments this morning. I > mounted my Ross London No. 6 Symetrical 8-inch f/16 lens, from about 1890, > on an E-510, and put the combination on a tripod. > > Aiming the camera at the Buddlei bush from quite a distance, I saw > butterfly activity. Snapping several exposures, I got a lucky hit. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No_6Symetrical+Butterflies.TIFF.html > > I also tried an out-of-focus view of a neighbor's red roof and some > foliage. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P8315413-1.tif.html > > Here is the lens > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html > > Here is the mount, shown with the E-1 > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >