Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Marc on this one. As close-up and long lens photography is something I seldom do, the visoflex makes perfect sense. Minimal expense compared to investing in a whole new camera system. If I made my living as a wildlife (anywhere near Kyle) or sports (also anywhere near Kyle) photography I would use something else more convenient. John Collier > From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > > At 10:34 AM 10/5/2000 +0200, Robert Appleby wrote: >> Marc, to be as blunt as you, the visoflex seems like a pretty antiquated, >> perverse contraption to be using nowadays when you could just use a (even >> Leica) macro lens on an SLR. I can see that it might have a sort of >> horse-and-carriage charm for people who like fiddling with bits and pieces, >> but how come we don't see people like Heather Angel using this gem? > > But why buy two separate cameras when one system camera answers both needs? > 95% of my 35mm photography is with an RF camera -- why invest heavily in a > totally different camera for the remaining 5%? I agree that if all I did > was telephoto work or the like, the calculus would come out the other way. >