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Subject: [Leica] Visoflex
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri Aug 1 10:35:15 2008

A Viso without a bellows is like Peanut butter with a jelly.

...in a sandwich that is....



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:21:20 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] visoflex
> 
> If your serious about visoflex I have just about all the info you might
> need to put a small system together.  I found it as easy to use as my Nikon
> FG and Micro nikkor set-up.  The 90mm F4 Macro may be the way to go, it
> gets down to 1:3 which is just about the same as using a viso with the
> first version 90 f2.8 or the famous Elmar 65 f3.5.  There is a big
> difference between Close-up and Macro, if your looking for macro then a
> bellows is needed.
> Chris
> 
> At 07:52 PM 7/31/2008, you wrote:
>> Put the M8 in the bag, and go get a R8/R9 + DMR.  Using a Visoflex is a 
>> bit
>> daunting......
>> M cameras were never really convenient for close-ups...... never.
>> 
>> ( watch this hit the fan......)
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>> 
>> If I want to do closeup stuff with my M8, what do I need?
>> Can I use any of my m lenses?
>> 
>> --
>> Leo Wesson
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Chris Saganich, M.S.
> Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
> New York Presbyterian Hospital
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