Re: [Leica] Hektor 4.5/135mm SM Mounts

[Bruce Feist <bfeist@flock.org>]

Hi, Marc;

Thanks for the information!  However, I'm going to press for more details <g>.  What are
the PLOOT and the FOCUSLIDE?  The latter sounds familiar, but I can't quite place it --
is it a sliding device that allows you to focus the Leica on ground glass?

One other thing I noticed, by the way, is that the the short mount has no rangefinder
coupler... which isn't at all surprising if it's intended for an alternative focusing
mechanism.

I rather like the Visoflex, although not for everyday use; it has a certain Rube
Goldberg appeal to it.  Mine is kind of beaten up, unfortunately, but it works well.

Bruce

> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
>
> The short-mount you have is intended to mount on a PLOOT or VISO I, which
> has a 62.5mm depth;  the later VISO II, IIa, and III have a 40mm depth, so
> the OUBIO is simply a spacer 22.5mm (slightly less than an inch) in
> thickness to compensate for the difference in depth.  (It also has a female
> TM fitment and a male bayonet for use on the M mount on the later VISO
> housings.)
>
> If you cannot focus to infinity with the shorter of your two lens tubes,
> then you may not have a ZOOAN tube at all.  Perhaps this is the adapter for
> the FOCOSLIDE and not for the VISO.  Simply put, with the shorter of the
> two lens tubes and the OUBIO, you should be able to reach infinity.
>
> The VISO II is a nice and user-friendly rig, incidentally.
>
> M and R lenses are not compatible, though VISO lenses can be used on any of
> the reflex models with either the 14127 or 14167 adapters and the reflex
> lenses can be used (with scale focusing) on an M with the rare Leicina
> adapter 22228.