Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have quite a bit of Viso and bellows gear. My rule is---If it fits and does what I want--use it. Ken Wilcox At 10:27 -0500 2/18/0, a fine scholar, Andrew Moore wrote: >I realized yesterday that I can mount my Leica screw-mount >lenses directly to the screw-mount adapter on the Viso/bellows 1 >outfit, instead of going through an extension tube followed by >just the (detached) lens head. Is there any reason why I wouldn't >want to just use, for example, the entire 135/4.5 Hektor (focusing >tube plus head) directly on the bellows, instead of an extension >tube plus head? The focus tube on the Hektor is basically the >same thing as an extension tube. Same goes for the 90/4 Elmar >(which I am so happy to find that I can use on the bellows!) > >Basically it appears that I could use any screw-mount Leica lens >on the bellows. Are some Leica optics designed or optimised for >this sort of macro work, or will any lens do? - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>