Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! > > >