Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i'm sure you know all this, but it's a litle focusing tube which at the front takes the 200/f4 head or with adapters the 280/f4.8 head and i beleive the 200/f4.5. focusing is through a lever on the right side, pull back with the thumb to close focus, push forward for far. rotating about the lever is a fine-focus knurled wheel. i took the first-generation shoulder support for the 6.8 set (i got two of with my ebay purchase of the 400/560 set), used a nail set to knock off the alignment pins and it mounts very nicely at the bottom of the focorapid. the base of the focorabid has a convex palm rest. it's a clever setup and is much nicer than the helicals in the 280 or 200. in some ways it fills the same purpose as the televit with the 280 and 400/f5 adapters. leica difinitely has some clever focusing methods on their long lenses. - -rei On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:05:08AM -0700, Douglas Herr wrote: > Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> wrote: > > > the shoulder supports are magnificent, and i even adapted one > > for a focorapid/200/280 use. > > Ooohh ... tell us about the focorapid! > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html