[Leica] visoflex

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis)]

Hi Ed,

Everything I have read about Marty Forscher puts him in a great light. 
If you can post your experiences with  him it would be great. I believe 
his record on Leica makes it all on topic.

Regarding your visoflex. I couldn't remember the name until  now but 
it's a pellicle mirror. Canon used one in their Canon Pellix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellicle_mirror

With a pellicle mirror you got no mirror delay, no viewfinder blackout, 
and less light transmitted to the film. (Maybe instead of "film" I 
should say focal plane to encompass whatever data capture media we have 
there ;-)

I can believe that Leitz USA made some. Most likely Marty Forscher did, 
and it's documented that Norman Goldberg did.(barely mentioned in the 
2nd paragraph of this Shutterbug article)

http://shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/classic_historical/0211classic/

Historical indeed.

-Dennis


Edward Meyers wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> The visoflex I had 30 years ago, was more of a filter. If I remember
> correctly it sent 30 % of the light towards the film and the rest towards
> the viewing screen. I believe, years ago, Marty Forscher constructed this
> product. However, I also believe that Leica USA made some. I had mine
> constructed for a reason that I don't remember. The one that I recently
> bought is similar to Marty Forscher's. Marty Forscher was a dear friend of
> mine. He often found jobs for photographers who checked in on Marty's
> bulletin board on 37th or 36th street.
>
> I was one of the few people permitted to visit Marty on the other side of
> the counter. More about Marty another time.
>
> Ed Meyers
>
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