Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All kidding aside, Marc - If all one wants to do is shoot the occasional bug or lens engraving, then a Visoflex might make sense. But if one wants an SLR to shoot anything that requires any kind of speed and or dexterity, then having an SLR body with a lens or two makes more sense. I wonder how a used Nikormat and a used 105 2.5 might have compared to a Visoflex in price in the late 60s, early 70s. On 10/17/06 7:05 PM, "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net> 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