Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you are just into the occasional almost-but-not-really macro and do not care about telephoto, the 90/4 macro-elmar is a small alternative. Expensive though, but if you are lugging a kit up the mountain, it will be a much more portable albeit limited option. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Konstantin Mihov < konstantin.mihov at googlemail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip on the Visoflex - I had seen them on ebay before but had > no idea what they are used for. Now things make sense and I am watching > several on ebay. Thanks Geoff! > > KM > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Yes a Visoflex can give you excellent results. Certainly it is not as > > convenient as a dedicated setup with a dSLR. > > I just experimented with my Visoflex on the M9 and of course you don't > have > > to allow for the smaller sensor of the M8 in that instance. If you get > the > > bellows as well it can be very versatile and a lot of FUN. > > You will learn about 10 new acronyms just shopping for all of the goodies > > you can play with. > > Consider a 90 or 135 with detachable heads (older models) if you cannot > > find > > the 65mm Elmar at a reasonable price. > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 16 March 2010 04:17, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > > > > and/or a visoflex and numerous other M lenses > > > (won't allow infinity focus - yet many macro possibilities) > > > > > > visoflex and bellows will allow use of many different optics > > > not the least of which are fine enlarger lenses etc. > > > > > > Regards, > > > George Lottermoser > > > george at imagist.com > > > http://www.imagist.com > > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2010, at 1:08 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > > > > > > A Visoflex and 65mm Elmar might be all you'd need. > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > *** > http://imperfiction.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]