What did the chip bring, or was supposed to?
I don't need one on the L1 - I've been using a plain vanilla adaptor
cheap on the b*y for three years now.
And since I'm squinting at an E30 or E3 these days, hands-on experience
reports might prove useful in the decision making process.
TIA
Phx
Jim Nichols wrote:
>Philippe,
>
>In all honesty, I forgot to change the ISO from the settings I used on a
>previous cloudy day. I caught it later.
>The old Takumars still do pretty well. I did learn one thing, though.
>Shortly after I took that shot, the shutter would not fire. I changed to a
>Leica lens, using a different, unchipped adapter, and it worked. I later
>removed the chip from the M42 adapter and all is well. No more chips for
>me!
>
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
>To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nature's Peculiarities
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>>Hi Jim,
>>
>>Nice take once more
>>I'm surprised that you shoot so high ISO in the sunshine though - did
>>you really need to get to 1/4000 ?
>>I bet you lose some detail and tone in the process.
>>
>>I like the bokeh and contrast of the SMC Takumar - sweet memory here
>>again.
>>
>>Bien amicalement de Metz
>>Philippe
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>>Jim Nichols wrote:
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>>>I'm sure you are all tired of seeing spider lilies, but I took one more
>>>image this morning to illustrate something I have observed for the past
>>>week. The migrating yellow butterflies always pass over the spideys and a
>>>few will stop. When they do, they invariably light on the underside of
>>>the bloom, making photos very difficult to obtain. For this one, I got out
>>>the longest lens that I have, an old 200mm Takumar, and waited until I had
>>>a view of the insect.
>>>
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Spidey+with+Butterfly.jpg.html
>>>
>>>Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>>Jim Nichols
>>>Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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