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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:46:53 -0700
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> On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Aram.
> 
> Thanks for the kind words.  I have an M42 bellows, and also a set of 
> extension tubes, but I don't recall trying the 135 on there.  That's 
> something else to but on the bucket list.



is there an adapter so this lens can be used on a Fuji X or Sony A7 ?



steve






> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 9/1/2015 10:46 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>> Douglas. When I was shooting Rollei's I had that 135/4 Tessar.  It indeed 
>> was a great lens.  I would put it on bellows and that was my go-to Macro 
>> setup.
>> 
>> Jim.  The butterfly photos are amazing.  That Takumar seems to be a very 
>> nice lens.  Have you tried it on a bellows?
>> 
>> Aram
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Sharp
>> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 2:06 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
>> 
>> Bl?ody good lens. bloody good photos!
>> 
>> I like the colour rendition of Takumars - not as
>> clinical as Leica and not as cool and calculating as Zeiss.
>> 
>> One of my favourite 135s is the Takumar 135/2.5 in M42
>> mount - comes close behind a Yashica 135/2.8 with
>> CY-mount and a miniscule 135/4 from Voigtl?nder/Rollei
>> which really sparkles.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 31.08.2015 20:55, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>> The second one Jim, it's somewhat magical.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/31/15 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> I captured images of two more passing butterflies using a combination 
>>>> with which I am beginning to feel more comfortable, the Oly E1 and the 
>>>> Pentax 135/3.5, shot wide open.  Both were shot at very close to the 
>>>> near focus limit.  Colors are just as they came from the ORF file.
>>>> 
>>>> A Black Swallowtail on the Buddleia Bush
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Black+Swallowtail+E1Tak.TIFF.html
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> And a Gulf Fritillary, same bush
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+E1+Tak.TIFF.html
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Please view the last one Large.
>>>> 
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>> 
>>> 
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