Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently bought an almost new (looked unused) Micro Nikkor 2.8 for 80 bucks. Have an F3 from several years back which cost me less than 300. Lets see, 3 Leicas, 1 F3, 7 or 8 lenses and a Zero Image pinhole new in box. I'm set for life. Marc James Small wrote: > At 06:44 PM 10/17/2006, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Beyond that - the Visoflex may be a marvel of optical engineering - or >> enginoptics, but what has that got to do with its use for real >> photography >> in the real world? (And yes, I did own one many years ago, and >> thought it >> was a nifty gimmick.) It doesn't turn an M camera into a useful reflex >> camera, it turns an M camera into a rangefinder camera with a >> whopping tumor >> at the end of its nose. As many a photojournalist found in the 60s >> and into >> the early 70s, if one was a rangefinder shooter, there was no need to >> invest >> in a reflex system - Nikon F body, 105 2.5, 200 f4, and you were good >> to go >> - along with your M2, M3, and range of lenses from 21 to 50 mm. ;-) > > > With respect, BD, you are missing the point. > > If you are heavily invested in Leica RF gear and have no SLR at hand, > then spending $300 or so for a Visoflex rig makes sense. If you > already have a Nikon F or Canon F1 set on hand, that changes the > equation quite a bit. It is just a matter of convenience. If you > already have the Leica RF gear but no SLR, why spend thousands of > dollars to invest in another system, an SLR, which is marginal to your > interests? eBay has made Viso gear REALLY cheap. > > Marc > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >