Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nick Hunter wrote: > > >From Gary Todoroff: > > >I saw an old product catalog from Acura that showed some Visoflex > >style equipment, plus a bellows with tilt and swivel. I think it was fairly > >old and only showed Thread Mount bodies. Now I may need to go back and > >study it more closely. > > Gary: > > Coincidentally, I have an Acura reflex housing (but unfortunately not the > bellows). It's an interesting design. A spring loaded lever raises the > mirror. It just gently raises it as you push the lever-there's no released > tension and no mirror slap, noise, or vibration! How Leica-like! (More than > my Viso II!) How does it fire the camera? A plunger extends as the mirror > is being raised, and through an old style cable it trips the shutter. Yes, > It's 39mm, and unfortunatly also has the screw mount style cable release. > This rig could be used with M only if the older cable could be adapted to > the modern cable style. IOW, the opposite of the commonly found adapters. > > How about it? does anyone know if an old (LTM/Nikon F) style release can be > used on a modern style camera? I might just get the old thing out and use > it a bit! Or does anyone else know anything about Acura stuff? > > Nick Hunter You need a Nikon AR-8 adapter. Amilcar