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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More About Ross Lens
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:09:03 -0500
Nicely done Jim.

Obviously you keep your storm door cleaner than I do.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I received my monopod yesterday, and tried it with the E-1 and the only two
> 200mm lenses that I have, the Ross 200mm f/16 from 1890, and a Pentax
> Takumar from the 1970s.  The monopod helps with steadying the camera, which
> I will find useful.  Surprisingly, the Ross lens holds it own with its more
> modern, though old itself, competitor.  Colors seem a little brighter with
> the coated Pentax lens, but the Ross seems a little sharper.
>
> Here is a Ross image, again, shot through a storm door glass.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+2.jpg.html
>
> This exercise makes a Leica-R 250mm f/4 Telyt look very interesting.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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