I didn't really want to mention that ! I used Walt's favourite - epoxy.
...Wayne
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From: olympus
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] On Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
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Subject: Re: [OM] Another Lens from Way-Back
Very interesting. How did you attach it to the extension tube... a
retaining ring inside the tube or did you have to use glue??
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/3/2016 3:49 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Inspired by Jim's work with his old Ross lens I retrieved an old lens
> I had in the cupboard, it turned up in a job lot of enlarger lenses I
> found on eb*y a few years ago. The lens is a Busch-BIs-Telar, Series II,
F7, 13.5"
> (340mm) which I mounted in an OM 7mm extension tube.
>
> According to a few sites on the internet this lens was designed in
> 1905 and is an early telephoto design (the reason I can focus it using
> the OM bellows which only gives about 250mm of extension) which covers 4x5
(maybe 5x7).
>
> My example is in rough condition with numerous fine cleaning marks on
> the front element and a bit of internal haze.
>
> Here are a few images taken with the lens using an Olympus E-P1 and
> Olympus OM bellows:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20736 and also a few shots
> of the lens itself.
>
> I think it has some possible uses !
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
>
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> From: olympus
> [mailto:olympus-bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@thomasclaus
> en.net
> ] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols
> Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2016 4:14 AM
> To: LUG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Olympus Camera Discussion
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] IMG: A Lens from Way-Back
>
> Exchanges with Moose, on the OM list, about older lenses, and his
> recent studies in colors, led me to try a couple of experiments this
morning.
> I mounted my Ross London No. 6 Symetrical 8-inch f/16 lens, from about
> 1890, on an E-510, and put the combination on a tripod.
>
> Aiming the camera at the Buddlei bush from quite a distance, I saw
> butterfly activity. Snapping several exposures, I got a lucky hit.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No_6Symetrical+Butterflie
> s.TIFF
> .html
>
> I also tried an out-of-focus view of a neighbor's red roof and some
foliage.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P8315413-1.tif.html
>
> Here is the lens
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>
> Here is the mount, shown with the E-1
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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