Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Works very well! Peter On 14/07/2021 21:24, Jim Nichols wrote: > 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. > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig