Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]many thanks for all the insights. I like your comment "cannot be remotely justified on any rational basis." That observation would apply to about 90% of my photography activities these days. D/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Visoflex III fixed > the oubio is indeed what you need to get a 200 on a viso III. > > i have accumulated a modest collection of viso and viso-related > equipment over the years, an endeavor which cannot be remotely > justified on any rational basis. > > but what is so terifically fun is the incredible versatility of the > system as well as the very obscuity of some of the many adapters. > > i got a viso II and III which work on the M's, and an LTM II for the > IIIf. the 200 and 280 on an oubio work with any of these. a focorapid > mounts the 200 for fast focusing on the viso, and via adapter also > takes the 280 (as well as certain other lenses). the focorapid > is unique in that you can use the thumb to focus quickly by "pushing > and pulling" but the tab is also geared for precise focusing. > > the 280 can also via a different adapter mount on the televit, an > alternate > quick focus system which normally takes 400 and 560 f5.6. i beleive > there's also yet another adapter that set the 400 f/5 on the televit > (the 400 f/5 i don't happen to own). > > there's also much lighter 6.8 versions of the 400 and 560 which mount on > a dedicated "trombone-style" focusing system rather than the televit's > geared thumbwheel. i personally find this setup much easier for > shoulder shooting (especially with the 400) than the televit. > > what makes the viso game even more fun is that many of the older RF lenses > have detatchable optical units. i tend to like the faster glass. > the 135 elmarit (the one with the "eyes") can be used on M cameras, but > the head can also be mounted on a "short mount" and then on the viso II > and > III. the older 90 summicron (pre-gen III) can also similarly be mounted > via short mount onto a viso II or III. > > finally, anything that can be mounted on a viso and be put on an R or SL > via a viso to R adapter. > > the king of lenses for sheer flexibility has to be the LTM 90mm summicron > (2nd gen). it can mount directly on the IIIf, and via M adapter onto the > M3, > 6's and MP. via short-mount, it can go onto the viso II or III which can > in turn > be used with M or LTM bodies. and it can also be used on SLs and Rs via > the viso to > R adapter. as such, this lens can be used as a rangefinder on 2 systems, > and > an slr lens on 3 systems. it's the fastest glass usable on a viso, and > 2nd > shortest, after the 65 elmar. > > i find the viso a sort of cross between collecting and using. as far as > collecting goes, most of the gear is not very expensive; the trick is > finding > some of the obscure peieces. and for using, without auto diaphrams it's > just > not as handy as most SLR lenses, and being older and less sophisticated, > don't > have some of the speed or optical correction. but wide open, you don't > need > an auto diaphram, and as others on this list have proven time and time > again, > they can still make a nice picture. > > -rei > > On Nov04 12:56, Rose Scollard wrote: >> On the subject of Visoflexes [Visoflexi??] - I'm hoping I could get some >> advice from the Group. I picked up a Visoflex III and a Telyt 200 a >> while >> back, but have not been able to make them work together. I can use the >> Visoflex with regular M-bodied lenses (Summicron 50, Tele-Elmarit 90, >> etc.) >> without problems (limited, of course, to close focus), but the Telyt >> won't >> focus at any distance. Is there a special adaptor needed for this >> purpose? >> Disconnected pieces of info that I've been able to pick up suggest that >> the >> OUBIO adaptor serves this purpose, but I'm really just guessing. >> >> More information would be greatly appreciated. Tnx, David >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> >> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:33 AM >> Subject: [Leica] Visoflex III fixed >> >> >> >The culprit was the mirror tension spring had popped off its stud. >> > >> >I took the side plate off (very difficult as the screw heads were either >> >overpainted, or aged), found the spring and restored it to its proper >> >location. >> > >> >Now it sits with a bellows; still don't own a lens to use with it but it >> >looks nice. >> > >> >Thanks all. >> > >> >Vick >> > >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Leica Users Group. >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >