Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Holiday seasons, with a lot of time on our hands, ... or retired :-) That b/w was nice and crisp. That surprized (I know, I know, but I learned to spell with z's) me. Daniel On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Hi George, > > Thanks for looking. ?The "playing" is easy. ?Remembering how to use > woodworking tools to build a 3/4 inch lens board to specific dimensions was > more difficult. ;-) > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at > mac.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking Through a Lens from the Past > > >> never been easier to "play" with our "toys" >> >> ;~) >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >