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Subject: [Leica] Old lenses on a new camera
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Aug 15 10:32:50 2006
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Thanks, Luis.

Jim

Luis Ripoll wrote:

> I didn't remember the picture posted one year ago, it is a very nice
> picture!
> 
> Saludos cordiales,
> Luis
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
> Jim Hemenway
> Enviado el: martes, 15 de agosto de 2006 13:33
> Para: LUG
> Asunto: [Leica] Old lenses on a new camera
> 
> Hi Folks:
> 
> I went to Telegraph Hill on Friday to shoot some photos with the 1000,
> 500, 300 and 200mm Takumars.
> 
> It was fairly clear for an August day, but there was still just enough
> moisture in the atmosphere to show up in the distance shots where it
> seems to be compressed along with everything else in the photos.
> 
> Some of you may remember this photo taken a year ago today with the
> 500mm when it was hazy and foggy:
> http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses/images/081205-Takumar500-2-lights.jpg
> 
> To give you an idea as to how far away I was, here's a photo taken from
> about the same spot last year with a normal 50mm lens on my Leica R8:
> http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses/images/081705-Leica-50mm.jpg
> 
> Here's yesterday's photos:
> http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses-08112006/
> 
> The white lighthouse, Boston Light, is a bit over a mile away and the
> gray one, Grave Light, is over 3 miles away.
> 
> I had hoped to include a photo or two of a passing ship, but there
> weren't any for the two hours that I was on the hill.
> 
> And last, here's a shot taken with the ArsatGraflex, the lighthouses are 
> out there at about the middle of the horizon:
> http://www.half-fast.com/TelegraphHill-F-small.jpg
> 
> Jim
> 
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