Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Working with a Visoflex satisfies that latent urge for playing with erector-sets, tinker-toys and legos (pick your generation). Pieces mate with the precision of the bolt in a Remington 40X target rifle. Adapters, extensions, bellows and hoods provide even more variety than plate blocks, first day covers, and pre-cancellations. Just contemplating whether to use the OTVXO or OTXBO magnifier for a close-up or still-life starts the session with thoughts of precision and creativity. Assemble the pieces and a simple M6 becomes the heart of a living apparatus tied to the subject through a wonderfully bright finder and to your hand with a perfectly adjusted double cable release. Focus precisely on the uncluttered ground glass. Stop down for a depth of field preview, still bright and clear. Just a slight touch on the lever locks the mirror up with a most satisfying sound. Check the meter diodes for exposure, ignoring the view in the rangefinder but knowing that the M6 sees the picture through the precise gear and lens out front. When finally the shutter releases with that faint click, you know that the only thing moving are some photons a few silver ions. Ah, the Visoflex . . . Regards, Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger