Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks a lot, Leland. I will see if I can find another opportunity to use the lens. Meanwhile, here is the only other shot that I have, made with the lens, on a very cold January morning. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mocking+Bird.jpg.html Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/1/2016 5:52 AM, Leland Deane wrote: > Jim, > > I woke up this morning to the list and or post. I am just blown away by the > flower image. Every lens is a reflection (no pun) of the era that it was > developed and how people envisioned photography. I found myself instantly > transported to a time over 100 years ago. > > Thank you so much for making my day!! > > I want more of these please!! > > Best regards, > > Leland > > > > > I love the idea of putting a lens from the 1890s on a camera from the > 2010s. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 31 Aug 2016, at 20:14, 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 >