Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think the 90 cron's up to gen III (1980) had removable heads. all of the 135 elmarits had removable heads (and in fact if anyone has an adaptor for the 135 elmarit to viso let me know!) i don't know about the slower glass off the top of my head since i am so prejudiced in favor of the fast glass. another fact that many may not know is that you can get brightscreens for your visoflexes nad install them yourself (if you can use a minuture screwdrivier and do the oprtation inside a showbox in case little balls and springs and balls bearings go flying). i don't know about the novo stuff either, but the 400/560 6.8 trombone system is a real pleasure to use with viso. - -rei On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 09:53:41PM -0700, tripspud wrote: > Hi Mark! > > While we're on the suject of the Visoflex, which Leitz > 90s and 135s allowed use at infinity via removable focusing > mounts? > > Is the Visoflex at all practical for the Novoflex quickfocus > system? Are was it ever? I guess there are way better choices > with the Novoflex tele system since adpts are available for many > cameras. > > Cheers, > > Rich Lahrson > Berkeley, California > tripsud@transbay.net > > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > > > > > the Q2 LHSA came today including the 2002 Survey results. I found > > > most of the results unremarkable save for the 30% visoflex use! > > > or course, once per year qualifier, but never the less, i count myself > > > amongst a far less exclusive club than i would have imaginged. > > > > > > the digital schism demonstrated was strong and expected. > > > > > > -rei > > > > > > -- > > > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > > > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > > > > > Rei I also am into Viso and have one. And the bellows. I think it is a > > quirk of this list that there is a negative spin put on the Viso and > > it's use. > > You can't even mention one without the same 2 or 3 guys jumping on it. > > Perhaps one of them sold their Viso for a Pentax Spotmatic with a macro > > lens and has been overcompensating and justifying for years. > > It opens up a million possibilities and i don't find it's use awkward. > > It just differs slightly in use from using a EOS strapped to your helmet > > as you free fall from a very great height. > > You'd have to duck tape the camera and lens to both hands. Someone would > > have to do that for you. And i think you'd find the wrong hand taped to > > the wrong part of the camera Viso combination at times. Velcro might be > > the answer! > > > > Naturally all 30% of the members are not putting their Viso's to good if > > any use, More so than other types of equipment like a motor drive. But > > plenty are getting some very amazing use out of it both in the macro and > > long telephoto areas. > > My next lens will be the 60 macro. A great knock around lens. I recall > > Roy Mosses article in the viewfinder on it. The pictures were neither > > macro nor long telephoto. They were just 60mm pictures. (I think at the > > beach) cropped normal i think of it. > > -- > 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