Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes you certainly could Richard. Or a dSLR with one of the dedicated macro lenses like the superb Zeiss ones. However if you have an M you can experiment with the Visoflex system for not very much money. Plus you get to indulge the additional hobbies of haunting eBay for more cool retro gadgets as well as playing with the Meccano set of adaptors and widgets. For anyone interested in learning about them you can pick up reproductions of the original Leica instructions for much of their close up gear for just a few dollars. "Instructions for use of reproduction devices including Visoflexes and bellows etc" you should find it at Amazon cheaply . There is some free stuff available on-line. Someone will post some links. There are some experts here to ask of course. I've learnt a lot from them. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 17 March 2010 06:06, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 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 >