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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2011: playing with my new 12mm lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2011: playing with my new 12mm lens
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:11:21 +0200
I think she should have gone to a doctor to get that stuff removed
from her rear end...
Jez

On 17/06/2011, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On a bit of whim, I picked up a second-hand 12mm Cosina/Voigntlander lens
> for my M8. This is the first version, which is not rangefinder-coupled. So
> to use it on an M8 or any other M (or screw mount Leica), you focus by
> estimating the distance. Given the depth of field involved, this is not hard
> to do.
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> But I played with the lens on my GF-1. Of course, when mounted on a MFT
> camera, this lens does focus in the normal way, and as this image shows, it
> is eminently possible to achieve critical focus:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218512_tp6DQ8J-O-LB
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> But really, that is not what this lens is for. It is a lens you set on 2
> meters and do happy snaps, for example like this image at the vet:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218556_QFSh5K4-O-LB
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> YNWA
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