Re: [Leica] my first test with the 12/5.6

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>]

Sounds a bit pricey (and complicated), especially when converted to real
money (CDN).  By the way, I used the 12 with my M6.

dan c.

At 08:09 PM 20-01-01 EST, you wrote:
>Dan. Voigtlander does have a bubble-level that attaches to the 'double" shoe 
>that they make. It does simplify holding the camera level. It is rather 
>pricey, around US$ 140 or so. By the time you put the finder, the double
shoe 
>and the bubble-level on the Bessa-L it looks like some kind of Evil 
>Transmogrifier! It works well, but you need to use it together with the 
>handgrip. Voigtlander makes these too (surprise)! I have one of these, it 
>looks like a black, oversized teardrop that screws in to the base. Looks 
>weird, but works remarkably well. The left hand becomes the 'socket" in a 
>strange ball and socket arrangement. I have several versions of handgrip, 
>ranging from a piece of wood, cut from a broomstick with 1/4"-20tpi screw in 
>it to fancy, cable release incorporated Linhof/Hasselblad/Rollei grips. 
>Voigtlander 'teardrop" is the most comfortable one.
> There is bound to be falloff with a 12 mm lens. I find that the it is on
the 
>same level as with the 15 mm Heliar, less than the Hologon 15/8.
> Tom A
>