Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick writes: |So my statement is correct. You are comparing oranges with road apples. A |Viso is no different than using a bellows or extension tubes on an R camera |or Hasselblad. The entire discussion was about a 75/1.4 mounted directly on |the camera. And it still provides the largest image size on film, WITHOUT |resorting to MACRO or SLR attachments, of any normal, regular, M lens. A couple of weeks ago, I was carrying a M6 with the 75/1.4 and an R6 without a macro lens. I happened to have the M to R adapter. I wanted to take a picture of some flowers showing the pollen. As a field expediency, I put the 75 on the R and took the pictures. Mind boggling quality and color. You can count the pollen grains on the petals. I haven't calculated the effective focal length nor aperture. Nominal aperture was f8. I wouldn't hesitate to use the 75 in this manner. I regret that the modern lens heads are no longer removable. Regards, Bill