Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it makes sense, the cable has to work at a mechanical disadvantage to push the arm down to fire the camera; it attaches near the fulcrum of the arm. i also notice on the viso III that the cable release always lifts the mirror in the "slow" or "black dot" mode - -rei On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:58:01AM -0700, John Collier wrote: > The 16494 is the double cable release for the first R bellows. So the > two cables move in sequence: first stop down the lens and, second, fire > the shutter. You could use this with the Viso 2 if you remove the arm > or have it facing ahead. With the Viso 3 you would have to remove the > arm. This sounds awkward but it is not easy to smoothly use a cable > release to fire the camera through the Visoflex arm. It is very stiff. > It can be done but it is not pleasant nor as vibration free as firing > the camera with the Visoflex normally. Give it a try and see for > yourself. > > John Collier > > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 07:18 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > >why do you need a double cable release with a telyt 6.8's > >on a viso II or III? > > > >On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 02:53:23PM +0100, animal wrote: > >>yes the 16494 doppeldrahtausloeser > >>works great with a visoflex but is a bit short for use together with > >>a leicaflex - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html