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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Takumar 50/1.4
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:31:48 -0500
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I agree, Lluis.  For young women and children, that tone is very nice.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/13/2017 5:18 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
> Jim,
>
> But I don?t dislike the warm color, I like it, mainly in some atmospheric 
> pictures
>
> Lluis
>
>
>
>> El 13 mar? 2017, a les 22:09, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> Lluis,
>>
>> After your comment, I took the lens and looked through it toward a cloudy 
>> sky, and it does have a warm color.  Whether it was made that way, or 
>> darkened with age, I can't really say.  I seem to recall that, at one 
>> time, I placed it in bright sunlight for a few days, to reduce the 
>> yellowing.  The color is not really objectionable to me, but could be to 
>> some viewers.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 3/13/2017 2:48 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
>>> This lens performs very well, as you know I like the rendering of the 
>>> old lenses. These ones look to me warmer than others with modern lenses. 
>>> Isn?t it?
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>> El 12 mar? 2017, a les 22:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>>> va escriure:
>>>>
>>>> I have always been impressed by the results I got from the old Pentax 
>>>> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 lens.  While watching softball on TV, 
>>>> I shot a few images from my recliner, not worrying about being square 
>>>> with the subject.  I played with Exposure Adjustment to try to get 
>>>> somewhere near the correct light.
>>>>
>>>> I was impressed, once more, by how the lens performed on the X-T2.
>>>>
>>>> My son, giving me the latest news from his iPhone 7:
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0918.JPG.html
>>>>
>>>> Sharpness, from a crop of details above the fireplace, shot at an 
>>>> angle, with distortion corrected:
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0909-1.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
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