Hello Axel, you said it! Sometimes! It's more or less a passion of mine trying second hand lenses of all sorts on my Canon DSLR - some are good, some are not. But at least you can get them at almost throwaway prices, so every now and again you find a nice surprise. Cheers Douglas On 01.05.2010 23:47, Axel Collier wrote: > Very nice > Old glass sometimes is a miracle > greetings axel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "philippe.amard"<philippe.amard@xxxxxx> > To:<leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 10:56 PM > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Fresh blooms -not so fresh lens > > > >> Bien amicalement >> Philippe >> >> >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
