{"id":13135,"date":"2023-08-01T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2023-08-01T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:03:09","slug":"revisiting-underused-lenses-in-the-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=13135","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting underused lenses in the collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last evening I found myself organizing the many &#8220;macro&#8221; options I&#8217;ve managed to collect.<br \/>\nA Leitz Wetzlar 160\/-4\/0.10 Microscope Lens among them.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve not mounted this lens to a camera for quite some time. At least a decade. Maybe more.<br \/>\nIt renders beautiful images with a lovely glow.<br \/>\nThis morning I mounted it to the Leica M 240. Glad I did.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(click images for larger view)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004626.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13137\" 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106w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004630-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/L1004631.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a> <a 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A Leitz Wetzlar 160\/-4\/0.10 Microscope Lens among them. I&#8217;ve not mounted this lens to a camera for quite some time. At least a decade. Maybe more. It renders beautiful images with a lovely glow. 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