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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] PESO - MC Rokkor etc with thanks to Steve Barbour and others
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:23:42 +0200
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Peter, my 90mm Tele-Elmarit from the 1970s works great on the Fuji X-T1. 
Those vintage lenses have a lot going for them..

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 10 Oct 2016, at 22:47, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> A few days ago I posted a comment about wanting to use my f1.4 MC Rokkor
> (Minolta SRT-101) lens with my Ms. Steve and others pointed me to the 
> Fotodiox
> MC/MD to M adapter...So I got one!
> 
> For a joke (well may be not too much of a joke) I strapped it on to my Fuji
> X-Pro1 and this is the result:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/ForJimMC-Rokkor_Fuji-1.jpg.html>
> 
> f1.4 MC Rokkor + Fotodiox MC to M converter plus Fuji M to Fuji mount on 
> the X-Pro1.
> Exposure about 1/55th at f2.8 (the metadata shows 1/55 at F1.0 - but it 
> ain't so).
> 
> Detail rendition is quite good on this eclectic shot with a smooth picture 
> frame
> (containing a picture of Stirling Moss in a DBR3); the ornately carved 
> capital
> of a 19th(?)C Indian pillar, now inverted and re-modelled as a candle 
> holder!; a
> bunch of empty 12-bore cartridges (don't ask); the broken base of a Roman
> 1st(?)C pot from Austria; a late 20thC marquetry clock and finally at the
> extreme right the edge of a model Jaguar XK120. The point is that it 
> renders the
> varying textures and detail well; remarkably so given that its on a modern
> digital camera! oh, and there's bokeh out the window!
> 
> :-)
> 
> Many thanks Steve and all the others who suggested it.
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to look.
> 
> Peter Dzwig
> 
> 
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