Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/04

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Subject: Re: m6 macro
From: wilcox@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 08:01:15 -0400

>>The hard way is to get a Visoflex with a 65 mm Elmar, and the easy and
>>cheap way is to get an old Nikon body with a 55/2,8 macro lens. The Nikkor
>>55/2,8 is very good, better than the AF 60/2,8 at normal distance settings.
>
>Ditto that. I whined and driveled for awhile about not being able to focus
>inside of whatever that number on all my M lenses is. I finally bought a LN
>F3HP + the 2.8/55

Hm... Am I the only one here who LIKES using the 65/Viso combination? I do
nearly all my macro work with it. This despite the fact that I have Nikon
gear and access to R stuff as well.

kw

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