Thanks Moose,
I noticed that KEH had one for sale in FD mount and wondered whether it
would be worth getting it to try.
I think I'll pass on it though.
...Wayne
>
> These images were made almost exactly 7 years ago (irises earlier this
> year), OMPC, Supra 100 and I used the scans that
> came with developing. I'm pretty sure I've used the sima a couple of
> times since, but have no idea where or when that
> may have been. These were taken at a time when I was actually
> disciplined about taking notes and putting them in a
> spreadsheet. Any others date to different periods. :-)
>
> The images in that little gallery were meant to show me what the sima
> would do, by using all three available apertures,
> wide open and the two waterhouse stops, and comparing it to a high
> performance conventional lens.
>
> I don't know what the lens in it is for sure, but it appears to be
> single element plastic. Wide open is a bit much. It
> has lovely bokeh, but the DOF at smaller apertures probably won't
> please shallow DOF folks. I've been thinking about
> mounting a simple, cemented doublet achromat in a similar sliding tube
> arrangement, to see what something in between the
> sima and a 'real' lens would do.
>
> Some other comments and samples here. <http://photo.net/nikon-camera-
> forum/00AF6z>
>
> Been sort of meaning to try it out with the 5D, and compare it to the
> pinhole cap I have.
>
> Moose
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