Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/11

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Subject: Re: m6 macro
From: Mickey Rosenthal <michelr@inter.net.il>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:40:42 +0300

Ken Wilcox wrote:

> >>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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>
> <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>

I use it - but it is slow and tedious, because of the lack of light
metering and automatic diafragma. It is certainly charming with its
bright screen, but in general I prefer my Minolta 9xi with its 100mm
f2.8 macro lens as much more comfortable.