Superb. On 01/05/10 18:59, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Just been playing around with some old lenses in the garden. > These are what happen when you put a Steinheil Cassarit 2.8/45 (M39 > screw mount but not LTM) from a Braun Paxette on the front end of a DSLR. > The lens was probably built around 1955 (when I was 3 years of age!). It > seems to be doing quite well, although it's very prone to flare and lack > of contrast in some lighting situations. > > Fitted directly to a Canon 20D with an M39 to EOS adapter. Aperture set > at f5.6 > > Yellow daisies > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0894.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0895.jpg.html > > Apple blossom > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0896.jpg.html > > Bleeding Heart > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0902.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0903.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/Flowers__MG_0904.jpg.html > > Best viewed large > > Hope you like them - I think I'll be keeping this lens. > > Cheers > Douglas > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > -- Walter Krämer walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Bus: 03 9854 2463 Mob: 0414 884 965 ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/