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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:12:11 -0500
References: <55E496ED.2000309@lighttube.net> <55E4A313.2040705@hemenway.com> <55E4C1BC.4060105@gmx.de> <BLU173-DS736EB30A414014FD8203CB86A0@phx.gbl>

Hi, Aram.

Thanks for the kind words.  I have an M42 bellows, and also a set of 
extension tubes, but I don't recall trying the 135 on there.  That's 
something else to but on the bucket list.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/1/2015 10:46 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Douglas. When I was shooting Rollei's I had that 135/4 Tessar.  It 
> indeed was a great lens.  I would put it on bellows and that was my 
> go-to Macro setup.
>
> Jim.  The butterfly photos are amazing.  That Takumar seems to be a 
> very nice lens.  Have you tried it on a bellows?
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Sharp
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 2:06 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
>
> Bl?ody good lens. bloody good photos!
>
> I like the colour rendition of Takumars - not as
> clinical as Leica and not as cool and calculating as Zeiss.
>
> One of my favourite 135s is the Takumar 135/2.5 in M42
> mount - comes close behind a Yashica 135/2.8 with
> CY-mount and a miniscule 135/4 from Voigtl?nder/Rollei
> which really sparkles.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
>
> On 31.08.2015 20:55, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>> The second one Jim, it's somewhat magical.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/31/15 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> I captured images of two more passing butterflies using a 
>>> combination with which I am beginning to feel more comfortable, the 
>>> Oly E1 and the Pentax 135/3.5, shot wide open.  Both were shot at 
>>> very close to the near focus limit.  Colors are just as they came 
>>> from the ORF file.
>>>
>>> A Black Swallowtail on the Buddleia Bush
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Black+Swallowtail+E1Tak.TIFF.html
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> And a Gulf Fritillary, same bush
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+E1+Tak.TIFF.html
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> Please view the last one Large.
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>
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