Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marty You forget, that wide angle and normal lenses CANNOT be used with the Visoflex for other than extreme close-ups. Forget it! Jerry Martin Howard wrote: > Leica already has an excellent reflex system for interchangeable > lenses. It's called the Visoflex. Rather than graft a digital back > onto an R8, why not create a digital body for the Visoflex? You could > then choose between 90 degree VF (optical) or (with mirror lock-up) an > LCD screen on the back of the digital body. The design constraints > would be fewer than with having to fit something into an R8/R9 body > shell and it would be upgradeable because, when the next generation X > MP back is available, you would have a component-based technology which > would allow people to upgrade the parts they find necessary. There is > an excellent line of lenses, superb macro capabilities, and it appears > to be in keeping with Leica's preoccupation with its past. > > Too bad the R lenses don't fit ;) > > M. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html