Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I purchased this lens to test its suitabilty in the kayak, but it's too danged big! KEH would call this lens "ugly". It looks to me like it was used in a marine environment; there are stains & miscelaneous discolorations on the coatings, some screw heads have some corrosion and the diaphragm blades have patches of oxidation - but it works! Focus is smooth, the focus drag button works as it should, and the diaphragm, while not buttery-smooth, works well. See http://www.wildlightphoto.com/ForSale/560Televit (sample photos were made at full aperture) The Televit is for Visoflex which means it can be easily adapted to other camera brands (Cameraquest sells agapter to use Visoflex lenses on Nikon and Canon EOS bodies, Leica's adapters for R bodies are the 14127 and 14167). Asking $300 plus shipping, please contact me off-list at wildlightphoto (at) earthlink (dot) net Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting