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Re: [OM] IMG: 19th Century Lens Captures 21st Century Bird

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: 19th Century Lens Captures 21st Century Bird
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:09:16 -0500
Thanks, Brian.  I was pleasantly surprised by its performance.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: 19th Century Lens Captures 21st Century Bird


> Jim wrotet-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> Impressive!
>> Joel W.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jim Nichols
>>
>> > Richard's posting of the results from his vintage lens set me to
>> > thinking about the 1890 Ross London 200mm f/16 brass lens that I have.
>> > With the Waterhouse stop wide open, I set out to capture a modern- day
>> > bird photo.
>> >  The birds were scarce today, but I got a few, and this is the best of
>> >  the lot.
>> >
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+02.jpg.html
>> >
>> > E-510 with Ross lens, cropped
>
> Jim, I think this lens delivers nicer colour than some modern lenses, even 
> if
> maybe it is not quite as sharp. But even in the sharpness department it is
> not much of a slouch.
>
> Brian Swale
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