Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the fling is over/my search has ended
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:27:33 -0800
References: <B8CB8533.3D9A%telyt@earthlink.net>

At 3:07 PM -0800 3/30/02, Doug Herr wrote:
>  >
>>  The Televit rapid focus is a special mount for
>>  Visoflex to which can be fitted the lens heads of a number of long-focus
>>  lenses: the 200/4 Telyts, the 280/4,8 of which Doug wrote and a monster
>>  400/5. I am not sure whether or not the lens head of your 400/6,8 will work
>>  but I am reasonalby certain that the 280 head won't work on the 
>>sliding focus
>>  tube of hour 400/6,8.
>>
>>  Now along will come Doug and say it's perfectly possible.
>>
>>  Seth          LaK 9
>>
>
>As far as I know the 200 f/4 and 400 f/5 could not be mounted on the
>Televit.  You're right, the 280 head couldn't focus to infinity if it were
>somehow grafted onto the f/6.8's focussing tube.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>

The 400/5 could be mounted, the 200/4 not. The earlier (by a couple 
of years) Focorapid could accept lens heads from 135 to the 400/5.

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