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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: From the Olden Days
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 10:50:40 -0500
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Thanks.? I enjoy experimenting with older gear.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/6/2018 1:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Beautiful image of the lens, and the picture you took with it is not too 
> shabby either!
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>> On 01 May 2018, at 22:37, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>> In the late 1800s, photo gear was not as automated as it is today.  This 
>> is a Ross-London No.6 (8-inch) Symmetrical lens from that period complete 
>> with Waterhouse stops labeled 1 through 5. The lens is fairly sharp by 
>> today's standards.  I have shot with it, though only on small format 
>> sensors.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180501-DSCF6854.JPG.html
>>
>> Here is an image from the lens on my Olympus E-1.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mocking+Bird.jpg.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: From the Olden Days)
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