Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower + Fly
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:27:44 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower + Fly 

>On Jul 26, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: 
 
>> I mount this lens backwards using a 49mm to T-Mount reverse adapter + 
>> T-Mount to Pentax screw mount adapter + Kopil bellows + >>Pentax to 
>> T-Mount adapter + T-Mount to Canon EOS adapter on my 30D. (Whew!) 

>well now 
>aren't you having yourself some fun ? ;~) 

>I love days like that 
>where a whole bunch of parts come together 
>to form a unique result 

>erector sets - tinker toys - american (or lincoln) logs - 
>(leggos for the later generations) 

>Regards, 
>George Lottermoser 
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Yes, I'm having fun.  I like to putter around with optics.  I have an old 
28mm Accura pre-set that gives a weird effect ever since I turned the rear 
element around:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Enigmatic/TheCrowd_AMR.jpg.html>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/Mental_Health_MR.jpg.html>

Tomorrow I'm going to take some shots with a one-element magnifying lens I 
found in one of my junk boxes.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt



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