Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Visoflex on Ebay
From: "Dale R. Reed" <dale-reed@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:16:48 -0800

>Help.
>
>Can someone take a look see at the digital image on this ebay page
and tell
>me if my description is lacking anything, e.g. is it really a
Visoflex II,
>what is the middle attachement called, etc?
>
>Thanks very much.

Looks just like the one I just purchased Steve.  I think I bought a
Visoflex II though it was advertised in the paper as a Visoflex III.
But it is not a III if Brian Bower's photographs and labels in "Leica
M Photography" are correct.

I have a silver 65mm lens on mine instead of the black lens pictured.
I assume that the "middle attachment" is the 16466M unit and after
that comes the lens.

To tell you the truth I do not think Brian has it all correct on page
80 and 81 of his book.  For instance I do not think I have the 16464
and 16471 units that he says goes between the Visoflex and my 65mm
lens.

Somewhere in Leica-land there must be some straight dope on all of
this Visoflex stuff.  I took some very very close photographs today
with mine.  At least I think I did.  The water droplets hanging on a
twig were not as clear as I expected/desire them to be when looking
through the unit.          Dale
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