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Subject: [Leica] Visoflex LTM to M?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:35 -0500
References: <ACAA3018-7C69-4C68-9FA3-9859959DE170@gmail.com> <687ACA03EFA7414FAE3F3C28378E79CE@jimnichols> <0274081C-D111-46E9-80DF-D917260D876D@usjet.net> <AFA948C293724B7E9BC9EE9F855DA667@rh316ews02> <30F701BB-5546-4A6D-B9DB-7C26409003A5@usjet.net> <D4EC674E424B442C99F982EC6AA8C67D@rh316ews02> <2133A02F-51E5-493E-9A51-07FE43E34BD5@usjet.net> <4BA15D08.6010709@hale-pohaku.com> <4BA19DF6.3050708@hale-pohaku.com> <00f301cac658$8dada6b0$a908f410$@net>

I have and use the:
65 mm works beautifully from infinity to macro
135 mm
400 and 560 Telyts
on the Visoflex III.

I believe a 280 is also available (on the used market).

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Mar 18, 2010, at 12:04 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> I have not followed this in detail, and I did not read what the  
> intended
> application is, but I think , if it has not already been mentioned,  
> that it
> should be pointed out....
>
> The Visoflex on the M cameras, is, more or less, a close up device.
> Yes, there are some lenses that with an adapter, will work to  
> infinity ( the
> 90, the 135) and some were designed to work on the Visoflex (like  
> the 200+mm
> lenses) at infinity, but really, it is primarily a close up  
> tool....for use
> with lenses less than 200mm..... with the exceptions noted and more  
> that I
> have forgotten....
>
> Now, before someone gets all bent out of shape..... YMMV.
>
> Now, is it your desire to shoot close up stuff?  Or is this a  
> substitute for
> a SLR-M camera with lenses like the 50 Summicron, etc......?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
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