Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How to use the Kilfitt lens on Visoflex
From: inyoung@jps.net
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:58:22

Hello Marc,

 What are KI, WE, KIVIS and AN?  All I know is that the Kilfitt lenses of
mine (90/3.5, 150/3.5, 300/5.6) have the Leica screw mount.  How do I use
these lenses on the Visoflex III?

Thanks,
David

At 12:14 AM 7/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>There are four different mounting arrangements and five different
>back-focus distances.  The most common are KI (second type) and WE.  
>
>The KI lenses will mount on a Visoflex I with a simple shim.  They will
>mount on a Visoflex II/IIa/III with a KIVIS adapter.  The WE lenses require
>a WEKI and the shim to fit them to a PLOOT/Visoflex I and can be fitted
>several ways to the Visoflex II/IIa/III.
>
>The first step is to find a lens in good condition.  Especially prized are
>the 3.5/150 (KI), 5.6/300 (KI, AN, or WE), 4/300 (AN or WE), and the
>5.6/400 (KI, AN, or WE).
>
>Nice lenses!
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
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