Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No you don?t. You use a view camera which may have been manufactured recently but is very old technology. What I am referring to is using an old lens on a modern digital camera. 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 21:55, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > Well, I do it all the time ;-) > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > <mailto: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://www.frozenlight.eu/ <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/ >> <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>>Blog: >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> < >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <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 >> <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information >> > > > > -- > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com > <http://www.richardmanphoto.com/>> > richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram > <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information