Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/30/02 1:18 PM, Henning Wulff at henningw@archiphoto.com wrote: > > You're right Seth, it doesn't work. The Televit was for earlier > lenses; the 6.8's have a completely different mounting system, and > they don't fit on the Televit. The front part of the 6.8 lenses have > the sliding focus mechanism, and while you can actually unscrew the > front of the lens, it's only good for taking out the lens group and > trying to start a fire with it (although it's none too good at that > as it is, of course, only f/6.8). > I have seen one f/6.8 lens head with its sliding-focus mechanism modified to fit the Televit, giving two focussing methods and a built-in extension tube but of course this was a custom job. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html