Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]many older 135s and 90s come in versions which can rangefinder-couple, but whose optical groups may be removed and put on short mounts for viso use. the 65 is an elmarit-V, meaning it's a viso-only lens. i beleive the only way to mount this on a leica is a viso. in the case of the m8, a viso III. here is mine on a viso II and a IIIf i contributed to wikimedia commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VisoII-IIIf-600.jpg did you get the black or chrome version? -rei On Apr03 20:31, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG > > Help. I won this lens on the auction site. It came with the OTZFO to > fit on the Visoflex. I'm fine with that and everything looks to be in > good shape; however! It doesn't fit on the M8 or any other M without > another attachment. I just kind of assumed that the lens would come able > to fit on the M's with an OTZFO as an extra to fit on the Visoflex. No. > My 135 came as a lens that fit on the M's but you could unscrew the head > of the lens to fit on at attachment for the Visoflex. What am I missing > here? I've been to the auction site and it seems that what I got is what > I paid for. :-( Now what $#%@$# piece do I need to make this lens fit > on M's? GRRR > > TIA > > Tina > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey