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Subject: [Leica] Looking Through a Lens from the Past
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:47:35 -0600
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Thanks, Lluis.  I will try to share some more examples when I finally get it 
properly assembled.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking Through a Lens from the Past


> Really amazing Jim, I've liked very much your tests, and be surprised  by 
> the quite good quality of this really old lens, as you know I share  also 
> this passion to play with these old "toys", sometimes we can be  surprised 
> as on this one.
>
> cheers
> Lluis
>
>
> El 23/12/2010, a las 19:57, Jim Nichols escribi?:
>
>> As I get older, I find I am more interested in things from the  past. 
>> Among the gadgets that I have squirreled away is a landscape  lens for a 
>> dry plate camera, manufactured around 1890.  The lens is  a Ross London 
>> No. 6 Symmetrical 8-inch focal length, to cover 5x7  inches, and it is 
>> equipped with rotary Waterhouse stops from f/16 to  f/64.
>>
>> I am in the process of fitting the lens to a M42-mount lens board to 
>> permit its use on a Pentax bellows unit attached to my Olympus E-1  DSLR. 
>> For a dry run, to be sure that I had the dimensions correct,  I assembled 
>> the parts in a temporary manner to take a few test  shots.  All shots 
>> were hand-held; I'm sure that the use of a tripod  would improve things.
>>
>> The lens itself.  A similar lens is shown under Ross on the 
>> Camerapedia.org website:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>>
>> A black and white image to look at sharpness and contrast:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Michelin+bw.jpg.html
>>
>> 1890 meets 2010;  a contrail with a faint view of the passing jet:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Contrail.jpg.html
>>
>> I will find some period subjects when I get the project completed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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