[Leica] Visoflex

[alal at poly.edu (A. Lal)]

Just a word of caution if you are in the market for a 135 mm Tele-Elmar.

The last series of Tele-ELmars with the built in sliding hood  do not have 
the detachable lens head. For visoflex use one needs to buy the earlier 
version.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tarek Charara" <tcharara at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Visoflex


> Some older lenses, including the superb Tele-Elmar 4/135, have a 
> lensehead that can be used directly on the Otzfoo (?) Visoflex adapter.
>
> All the best from the south of France!
>
> Tarek
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>
>
> Le 16 mars 10 ? 21:06, Richard Man a ?crit :
>
>> As far as I know, you need the Visoflex lens and not just any old M  lens 
>> can
>> do right?
>>
>> In that case, would it be as cheap and small and portable to just  pick 
>> up a
>> R3 and a couple telephoto or macro lens, and still has the Leica look?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You can get them pretty cheap too. I just bought a Visoflew III  with 
>>> the
>>> prism and adapter (I forgot if it's the OTZFOO or something) for  about 
>>> 190
>>> Euros in a shop in Germany, I find the Visoflex to be a lot of fun  and 
>>> is
>>> sort of modern-retro... it's great to focus that 135mm correctly  again!
>>>
>>> All the best from the south of France!
>>>
>>> Tarek
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------
>>> Tarek Charara
>>> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>
>>>
>>> NO ARCHIVE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 16 mars 10 ? 19:13, Konstantin Mihov a ?crit :
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip on the Visoflex - I had seen them on ebay before  but
>>>> had
>>>> no idea what they are used for. Now things make sense and I am 
>>>> watching
>>>> several on ebay. Thanks Geoff!
>>>>
>>>> KM