Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I do it all the time ;-) On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > 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/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>