Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:29 PM 12/30/99 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:14 PM 12/30/1999 EST, TEAShea@aol.com wrote: >>And of course a visoflex is elegant and tidy ? > >The short answer? Yes. Have YOU ever used one? I'm not him, but some of my best macro slides were taken using the Visoflex II with a 90mm Elmar short mount on a bellows (all on a tripod, for the most part). Sure a SLR with a macro lens and an auto flash (my current F100 with 200mm Micro and SB-28) is more convenient, but I don't seem to get the same striking images. Maybe it's this age thing I keep hearing about... The Visoflex is not a liability. It has a much brighter and easier-to-focus-on ground glass than any 35mm SLR I have ever used, and the non-return mirror (on the I and II) is not a problem when it is used within its design parameters. (No one is going to use it to shoot hockey games...) Tim