Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm surprised more people are not digital Visoflexing. It strikes me as totally viable and way cool. I'd love to get going in that direction. What are the shims for again? Shoot me a kitty with some light on its face! I can shimmy but I just can't shake!! -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:38:21 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Visoflexing > > George Lottermoser recently put up the nicest Viso picture I'd ever > seen. Given that the M9 was in the hospital with a bad pixel, I thought > I'd try my hand at the Viso thing with the M8. I've accumulated a big > box of Viso gear in my closet, starting with a 280 Telyt-V and a Viso > III I bought from Emanuel Lowi back in 2002. > > I'm not a bug guy or a macro guy, so here's my first "nature image." > It's not Muffin's prettiest portrait, but it's much closer than I can > get with my M lenses. And not a bad wide-open 1/60th second image for > a 49-year-old lens: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/album_001/L8667972.JPG.html > > 280 Telyt-V + Televit + Visoflex III + M8 > > Since Visoflexes are pretty arcane these days, here's what the Viso > setup itself looks like: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/techie/L1060241.JPG.html > > NOTE: My Viso needed a little tweaking, on the M8 it was definitely > showing close on the film/sensor plane compared to the ground glass > image. I did some googling, and discovered that the Visoflex has shims > under the ground glass carrier which can be used to correct the ground > glass to the sensor. In my case, I had to add one thick and one thin > shim, which I had handy from a junk box of Viso parts: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/techie/xL1060221.JPG.html > > I might try the viso out on my daughters on the soccer field this > weekend. While I doubt I'll be able to get good action shots, maybe > I'll come home with something nice. Besides a sore arm--that stuff is > heavy! > > -rei > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information