Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Best Lens for Visoflex III
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:51:27 -0500

Go for the 65!

kw

>Yesterday, on a whim, I bought a Visoflex III with both prism and vertical
>viewfinders.  It's in mint condition with box and manuals and I just
>couldn't resist because the price was so good.  I had one, actually a
>Visoflex II, some 20 years ago, and so I bought this one for nostalgia sake
>as much as anything else.
>
>Now I need to see how I'll use it, and the primary question is, what's the
>best lens for it?
>
>Looking at the books, it seems that the two most common lenses that'll
>provide infinity focus are the 65mm f3.5 Elmar and the short mount 90mm f2.0
>Summicron.  Both appear to have preset type diaphrams specifically for use
>with the Visoflex.  I don't think I'll use the Visoflex with long lenses
>because I already have a complete system in Nikon for this purpose.
>
>What I'll probably do is get either the 65mm or the 90mm and use it as part
>of my Leica travel kit for the odd time that a medium tele with reflex
>viewing would be handy -- close ups, critical framing or effect, polarizer etc.
>
>So, any suggestions as to which of these two lenses would be preferable, or
>is there something I've missed?
>
>ps:  I already have a 28 f2.8, 35 f1.4, 50 f2.0 and 90 f2.8 for my M6 -- all
>latest vintage.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael

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