Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Tina. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/31/2016 1:53 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > It's a beautiful old lens and the quality is surprising! > > Tina > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Exchanges with Moose, on the OM list, about older lenses, and his recent >> studies in colors, led me to try a couple of experiments this morning. I >> mounted my Ross London No. 6 Symetrical 8-inch f/16 lens, from about 1890, >> on an E-510, and put the combination on a tripod. >> >> Aiming the camera at the Buddlei bush from quite a distance, I saw >> butterfly activity. Snapping several exposures, I got a lucky hit. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No_6Symetrical+ >> Butterflies.TIFF.html >> >> I also tried an out-of-focus view of a neighbor's red roof and some >> foliage. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P8315413-1.tif.html >> >> Here is the lens >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html >> >> Here is the mount, shown with the E-1 >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >