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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Exercising the Takumar 135 Lens
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:15:48 +0100
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It looks super sharp! great lens indeed!
Lluis


> El 7 febr 2019, a les 22:47, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Another nice day, so I did some more exercising of one of my favorite old 
> lenses, the Pentax Super Multi Coated Takumar 135/3.5.  My original M42 to 
> 4/3 adapter was too thick.  I ground down the thickness to get an accurate 
> focus at the infinity mark, and wanted a check of  my work.  This 100  yr 
> old home, presently for sale, is about half a block from my back yard.  
> The nail heads showed me that the adjustment was fine.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190207-P2077614.JPG.html
> 
> This power pole in my neighbor's back yard has an orange sash around it, 
> marking it for replacement.  The wood is in poor shape.  But the 
> interesting thing to me is the so-called squirrel screen that is intended 
> to limit squirrel access to the high-voltage line.  Squirrels cause most 
> of our power outages. I'm just not sure how the screen works.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190207-P2077610.JPG.html
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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