Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, I hope I've inspired you to experiment a little.? After all, at our age, we can use a little excitement.? Have a great day! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/28/2019 12:05 AM, Ted Grant via LUG wrote: > Hi Jim, > I had the Leitz 60mm lens and used it quite a bit. > Not that I ever paid much attention to the sharpness of any of my half > dozen or more R & M lenses that were carried nearly every day some place > as I rarely knew where my assignments would take me day to day? > But where you lads are inclined to have several lenses and a body or two. > I had days with 3 M cameras hanging off my neck, onto chest. PLUS 2 SLRS, > MOTOR DRIVEN WITH DIFFERENT LENSES on my left shoulder and A 3rd SLR=MOTOR > ON MY RIGHT SHOULDER, Certainly with the longest lens.240mm with > some days an extender making it longer depending on the subject being > covered? > I had a profession that was my responsibility and I never had time to do > all the fiddling things people do have time for. > But now at the ripe age of 90 years old > I'm trying things photographically I never had time for during the > multitudes of past years? So we shall see? maybe I'm a wee bit "oldish" > to remember things on a daily basis? WE SHALL SEE? :-) > cheers, > Dr.ted grant O.C. > > > > > ---Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Jim Nichols > Sent: September-27-19 10:26 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: OMD-Leica > > Thanks for the kind words, Ted. Fortunately, these guys won't sting > you, but they will fly straight at your face and make you duck for cover. > > Fortunately, the old Leica-R 60 Macro lens appears to hold its own with > modern sensors. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 9/27/2019 12:18 PM, Ted Grant via LUG wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> "WOW!" i BET THAT'S SHARP ENOUGH YOU COULD MAKE 16x20 OR 30x40 PRINTS AND >> FREAK A VIEWER OUT? MAKING THE VIEWER WANT TO SAVE THEMSELVE'S FROM A BEE >> STING????????????? >> cheers, >> Dr.ted O.C. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of Jim Nichols >> Sent: September-27-19 9:56 AM >> To: Olympus Camera Discussion; LUG at Leica-Users.org >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: OMD-Leica >> >> I paired up my OMD E-M1 with my Leica Elmarit-R 60 Macro lens to see how >> they worked together. Here is a cropped image of a bee, probably a >> Carpenter Bee, showing facial details I had never observed before. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190927-P9270405-2.JPG.html >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >