Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/13

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Takumar 50/1.4
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:51:40 -0500
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Thanks, Lluis.  It has been a while since I have made use of it, but, as 
I recall from the past, it does seem a little warmer.  The following 
image is my favorite, from Christmas 2009, and it does have that same 
warmth.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Katie+Grace+_amp_+Kristin.jpg.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/13/2017 2:48 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
> This lens performs very well, as you know I like the rendering of the old 
> lenses. These ones look to me warmer than others with modern lenses. Isn?t 
> it?
> Lluis
>
>> El 12 mar? 2017, a les 22:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> I have always been impressed by the results I got from the old Pentax 
>> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 lens.  While watching softball on TV, I 
>> shot a few images from my recliner, not worrying about being square with 
>> the subject.  I played with Exposure Adjustment to try to get somewhere 
>> near the correct light.
>>
>> I was impressed, once more, by how the lens performed on the X-T2.
>>
>> My son, giving me the latest news from his iPhone 7:
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0918.JPG.html
>>
>> Sharpness, from a crop of details above the fireplace, shot at an angle, 
>> with distortion corrected:
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0909-1.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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