Thanks for looking, Andrew. A 5x7 lens cropped to a 4/3 sensor would not do
much in your studio. ;-(
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Looking Through a Lens from the Past
> That's a great project and a beautiful lens. That tyre looks pretty crisp
> to me.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 24/12/2010, at 5:57 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> As I get older, I find I am more interested in things from the past.
>> Among the gadgets that I have squirreled away is a landscape lens for a
>> dry plate camera, manufactured around 1890. The lens is a Ross London
>> No. 6 Symmetrical 8-inch focal length, to cover 5x7 inches, and it is
>> equipped with rotary Waterhouse stops from f/16 to f/64.
>>
>> I am in the process of fitting the lens to a M42-mount lens board to
>> permit its use on a Pentax bellows unit attached to my Olympus E-1 DSLR.
>> For a dry run, to be sure that I had the dimensions correct, I assembled
>> the parts in a temporary manner to take a few test shots. All shots were
>> hand-held; I'm sure that the use of a tripod would improve things.
>>
>> The lens itself. A similar lens is shown under Ross on the
>> Camerapedia.org website:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>>
>> A black and white image to look at sharpness and contrast:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Michelin+bw.jpg.html
>>
>> 1890 meets 2010; a contrail with a faint view of the passing jet:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Contrail.jpg.html
>>
>> I will find some period subjects when I get the project completed.
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