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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Distant Past
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:58:15 +0200
References: <d4d220c0-c427-48aa-192e-423ba2eb56cd@lighttube.net>

WOW!

Fantastic Jim!!! I really love the image quality you get, you did a great 
job! I hope see more !
Lluis


> El 14 jul 2021, a les 22:24, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Many years ago, I came across a lens manufactured in England circa 1890.  
> It is a Ross London No. 6 Symmetrical with 8-inch focal length and is f/16 
> wide open, with rotary Waterhouse stops down to f/64, and was obviously 
> designed to be mounted on a lens board for a studio or view camera.  Ten 
> years ago, I decided I wanted to see what it would produce in the way of 
> images.  While I had a couple of large cameras packed away, they were 
> missing parts and were awkward to handle.  I decided I would find a way to 
> mount it on my Olympus E-1. With the help of adapters, a bellows, parts 
> from discarded lenses and a thick, carved lens board, I finally put it all 
> together.
> 
> Here is the lens itself:
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101208-PC081708-Enhanced.JPG.html
> 
> Here is the assembly:
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101231-Final+Assembly.JPG.html
> 
> And, on a cold January morning, I returned home from an unsuccessful photo 
> outing to find a Mocking Bird in a tree by my driveway. I rolled down the 
> window and quietly shot a few frames at full extension, about 15 feet from 
> my truck.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20110102-P1020695-Enhanced.JPG.html
> 
> Yes, I decided, those old lens makers knew what they were doing.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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