I surely seems to produce good images. Probably better now than when it
was paired with old plates and papers.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/2/2011 1:13 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> For about fifty years, I have had a few old lenses stashed away, mostly
> forgotten. The best of these is a Ross London No. 6 Symmetrical lens, which
> was manufactured around 1890, according to the SN. It has an 8-inch focal
> length and rotary Waterhouse stops equivalent to f/16 through f/64. These
> were manufactured in various focal lengths over a period of years to use on
> the wet plate and dry plate cameras also manufactured by Ross.
>
> The lens and flange are shown in this image:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>
> I decided to see what this lens could produce. I fabricated a
> spacer/adapter, which has the Ross flange on the front, and an M42 flange on
> the back, to mount on a Honeywell Pentax bellows.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lens+Flange+to+M42+Adapter.jpg.html
>
> The lens and adapter were mounted on the bellows, as shown here.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lens+Adapted+to+Bellows.jpg.html
>
> The bellows assembly was mounted on my Olympus E-1 using an M42 adapter.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> All of these photos were made with a Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro on my E-510.
>
> I tried a few hand-held photos this morning, when it is 32 deg F. and ice on
> the water, with a strong breeze. Most were unsteady, because of the cold.
> The best example is shown below, showing battle flags at a local Confederate
> Cemetery. This was made at ISO 200, 1/400 at f/16, RAW, converted to B&W
> using a PhotoPlugins converter.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flags+BW.jpg.html
>
> The bellows and spacer allow focusing from 15 feet to infinity. My next
> effort will be to get a set of M42 extension tubes to achieve closer focus.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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