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Subject: Re: [OM] My new Pen
From: "Carlos J. Santisteban" <zuiko21@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:20:17 +0000
Hi Andrew and all,

From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Here's a few quick shots of interest from the E-P2.

[implicit link: <http://www.pbase.com/afildes/ep2>] ;-)

>The first is taken with his utterly unique
>Robot Schneider non-Xenar Takumar. It's the Robot lens with original
>iris,  the elements replaced with the lens from an old, busted Pentax
>film compact and an mFT mount.

Unbelievable... I'd like to adapt my really nice Robot-mount Xenon 40/1.9 to
my mFT body. Anyone know about an already-made adapter?

Nice pic, BTW.

>The second is a shot of him with it on his own Pen-2, taken by mine
>with a Minolta Rokkor 50/1.4.

There have been several iterations of it, the worst being the old Rokkor-PF
-- a simple 6 element design for f/1.4!!! Otherwise, they are really
excellent lenses. This time, I like the acute sharpness at the focus point
(the E-P2) while the background smoothly dissolves from the shallow DoF.
Great.

>The third is a cafe interior @ 64o iso
>and the Oly 14-42mm kit lens

Interesting composition, if a bit crowded. I think it would work better in
colour, though.

>Oh and three nice gels just to prove that I don't just do nudes!

Nice! My vote goes for Natalie ;-)

>and the second two with the Panny 20mm which
>arrived Monday.
>Sharp, the Panny!

Indeed, it is...

>And I note that cheaper mFT adaptors are beginning to show up on *bay.

Absolutely. In my experience, sometimes the very same adapter is sold at
highly inflated prices thru some stores... The only real issue with many
adapters is tolerance -- if you get one spot-on, it may give great service.
Otherwise, try to return/refund and get another similar!

>You can find a Leica M or SM adapter for around $35 now. That's the
>one I wanted!

Mine was certainly more expensive, but worth the weeks I have enjoyed it
before you ;-) ;-) ;-)

Cheers,
-- 
Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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