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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Exploring the 90mm
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:02:26 -0500
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Thanks for the kind words, Aram.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/24/2017 5:31 PM, Aram wrote:
> Nice image from a great lens.  I have one but have not adapted it to my
> Nikon yet.  It was my first Leica lens.  It may be an earlier generation,
> but Leica glass is always a few generations ahead of the "competition".
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Nichols
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 11:39 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Exploring the 90mm
>
> I studied the Fujinon 90, supposedly a great lens in its own right, and
> the Elmarit-R 90, finally choosing the R 90 because it was optically
> corrected rather than corrected with firmware.  It's an earlier
> generation than today's glass, but seems to serve me well.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 7/23/2017 1:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Well done to you and the lens! Leica R lenses are IMO the finest glass out
>> there.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> 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/
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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>>> On 22 Jul 2017, at 19:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> In trying to learn the strengths of the Leica Elmarit-R 90, I took it to
>>> the Rose of Sharon bushes and found a Black Swallowtail at work.  Here
>>> is the best of several useful images.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170722-DSCF3423.JPG.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] [OM] IMG: Exploring the 90mm)
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