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Prewar Leica 90mm f/4 Elmar

I picked up this lens in an antique store in Wisconsin years ago.
It is genuine Leica (Leitz), prewar, uncoated glass.
Friends were having a discussion on classic Leica items this week and I dug it out of hiding.

The lens seems to enjoy a good reputation.
I never gave it a test, and it is the only genuine Leica item that I own.
So I came up with a way of using a T Mount adapter with some changes to mount it to a Pentax digital SLR body. The lens to image plane distance is longer on a Pentax SLR than with Leica rangefinder systems, so in focusing, I was limited to subjects close up or macro.

I started the set indoors with ordinary tungsten lighting with color balance of camera set accordingly. Then I moved to around the outside of the house, with partly cloudy daylight conditions.
All images are handheld.... it was just easier that way, in tight quarters and limited focusing distances.

Please click on thumbnails to see enlarged.
All images are Copyright 2016 E.J.Kowalski.
Thanks! Ed
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