Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard really makes use of them. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/31/2016 2:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman 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 >