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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:41:31 -0500
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Thanks, Richard.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/19/2014 4:39 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> It's of course a very nice photo. Thanks for sharing.
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
> lighttube.net>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for looking, Doug and Richard. As it so happens, 1980 seems to be
>> the date of manufacture of the NEWEST Leica lenses that I have. :-)
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 5/19/2014 3:12 PM, Doug Herr wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Man wrote:
>>>
>>>   Ha ha Jim, my first thought on seeing the subject line was a large 
>>> format
>>>> lens iris taken with a Dagor or something :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
>>>> lighttube.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Over 40 years ago, my wife transplanted some flowers from her 
>>>> childhood
>>>>> home to our new home.  Each Spring, some still favor us with blooms.
>>>>>   This
>>>>> bearded Iris was captured with the vintage lens made for capturing
>>>>> flowers,
>>>>> the 1980 Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vintage+Iris.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>>   I had similar thoughts, then I noticed the photo was made with a lens
>>> I bought NEW in 1980!  Eeek!
>>>
>>> Jim - it's a beautiful photo, I'd be delighted with it.
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens)
Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens)