[Leica] IMG: 19th Century Lens Captures 21st Century Bird

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Jim, if you ever want to sell it, let me know. It may work well for 4x5.

It's probably an 8x10 lens right? So you are using the sharpest portion of
that huge image circle!!


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Richard's posting of the results from his vintage lens set me to thinking
> about the 1890 Ross London 200mm f/16 brass lens that I have.  With the
> Waterhouse stop wide open, I set out to capture a modern- day bird photo.
>  The birds were scarce today, but I got a few, and this is the best of the
> lot.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+02.jpg.html
>
> E-510 with Ross lens, cropped
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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