Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Visoflex II and III have M mount meaning you can hang any M lens on it. However - the Visoflex acts as an extension tube so normal M lenses immediately become macro lenses and lose infinity focus. Lenses and focusing mounts intended for the Visoflex retain infinity focus; with some also providing the macro focusing range. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 16, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Richard Man wrote: > As far as I know, you need the Visoflex lens and not just any old M > lens can > do right? > > In that case, would it be as cheap and small and portable to just > pick up a > R3 and a couple telephoto or macro lens, and still has the Leica look? > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> > wrote: > >> You can get them pretty cheap too. I just bought a Visoflew III >> with the >> prism and adapter (I forgot if it's the OTZFOO or something) for >> about 190 >> Euros in a shop in Germany, I find the Visoflex to be a lot of fun >> and is >> sort of modern-retro... it's great to focus that 135mm correctly >> again! >> >> All the best from the south of France! >> >> Tarek >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Tarek Charara >> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> >> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> >> >> Le 16 mars 10 ? 19:13, Konstantin Mihov a ?crit : >> >> >> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information