Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, After your comment, I took the lens and looked through it toward a cloudy sky, and it does have a warm color. Whether it was made that way, or darkened with age, I can't really say. I seem to recall that, at one time, I placed it in bright sunlight for a few days, to reduce the yellowing. The color is not really objectionable to me, but could be to some viewers. 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >