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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Distant Past
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:51:16 -0500
References: <d4d220c0-c427-48aa-192e-423ba2eb56cd@lighttube.net> <506B9B29-1CF3-49B5-82BC-C224AF6F13F2@gmail.com>

Thanks for all of the kind words, Lluis.? It is always fun to try 
something different.

On 7/15/21 10:58 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> WOW!
>
> Fantastic Jim!!! I really love the image quality you get, you did a great 
> job! I hope see more !
> Lluis
>
>
>> El 14 jul 2021, a les 22:24, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> Many years ago, I came across a lens manufactured in England circa 1890.  
>> It is a Ross London No. 6 Symmetrical with 8-inch focal length and is 
>> f/16 wide open, with rotary Waterhouse stops down to f/64, and was 
>> obviously designed to be mounted on a lens board for a studio or view 
>> camera.  Ten years ago, I decided I wanted to see what it would produce 
>> in the way of images.  While I had a couple of large cameras packed away, 
>> they were missing parts and were awkward to handle.  I decided I would 
>> find a way to mount it on my Olympus E-1. With the help of adapters, a 
>> bellows, parts from discarded lenses and a thick, carved lens board, I 
>> finally put it all together.
>>
>> Here is the lens itself:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101208-PC081708-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>
>> Here is the assembly:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20101231-Final+Assembly.JPG.html
>>
>> And, on a cold January morning, I returned home from an unsuccessful 
>> photo outing to find a Mocking Bird in a tree by my driveway. I rolled 
>> down the window and quietly shot a few frames at full extension, about 15 
>> feet from my truck.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20110102-P1020695-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>
>> Yes, I decided, those old lens makers knew what they were doing.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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