Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucian Chis wrote: > JiIm, > > You can flip the mirror up in order to meter, but you know that for > extreme close up you need a flash and figure out the aperture anyway > by > calculation. > BTW, I sold my visoflex 2 b because I could not fit the 90degree prism > on > the M5 (too tall). > > Lucian > > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Jim Brick wrote: > > > At 06:43 PM 8/11/97 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > >>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. > > > > > >On an M6? What lack of light metering? > > > > > >kw > > > > > >---- > > >Ken Wilcox > > > > Ken, > > > > I've never owned Leica RF camera much less a Visoflex. However, I > believe a > > visoflex has a mirror in it, basically turning a Leica RF into an > SLR. > > Doesn't this put the meter behind the mirror? How do you use an M6 > meter if > > the meter cannot see through the mirror? > > > > Jim > > > > > > Ken, You are right - my Leica is on old M4 and as most of these pictures are taken outside during back packing excursions in the beautiful israelian country side ( the subjects for macro are small animals and flowers) - the delay in light metering with this Visoflex combination is a serious disadvantage. Mickey Rosenthal