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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Exercising the Takumar 135 Lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:32:41 -0600
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Thanks, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/9/2019 5:15 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> It looks super sharp! great lens indeed!
> Lluis
>
>
>> El 7 febr 2019, a les 22:47, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> Another nice day, so I did some more exercising of one of my favorite old 
>> lenses, the Pentax Super Multi Coated Takumar 135/3.5.  My original M42 
>> to 4/3 adapter was too thick.  I ground down the thickness to get an 
>> accurate focus at the infinity mark, and wanted a check of  my work.  
>> This 100  yr old home, presently for sale, is about half a block from my 
>> back yard.  The nail heads showed me that the adjustment was fine.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190207-P2077614.JPG.html
>>
>> This power pole in my neighbor's back yard has an orange sash around it, 
>> marking it for replacement.  The wood is in poor shape.  But the 
>> interesting thing to me is the so-called squirrel screen that is intended 
>> to limit squirrel access to the high-voltage line.  Squirrels cause most 
>> of our power outages. I'm just not sure how the screen works.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190207-P2077610.JPG.html
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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