Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, If the pricing is in line with the M lenses then I would buy this for my SL, the continuous focus from infintiy to 1:1 (w/o a tube) is worth paying extra too. Sounds like a great lens. Dennis TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: > The Visoflex and 125 Apo-Lanthar was suggested to Mr Kobyashi, President of > Cosina, at a meeting in November. Now, remember that the last Viso's were > listed in Leica's catalogue in the late 70's and early 80's. The reaction > from Voigtlander was not the 'Why make a lens for an obsolete system" that > one would anticipate, but rather" Should that be in a pre-set aperture mode > or a regular aperture mode." I haven't followed up on the idea due to time > constraint, but I would not mind one lens like that. It would make a dandy > Macro lens on an SL or R camera with the adapter. The lens will go to 1:1 > without extension tubes too! As a sidenote, the 45/2,8 Pancake lens for the > FM3A Nikon is made by Cosina for Nikon. I saw the prototype of this lens in > November last year. They also make the 75/2,5 in a Nikon SLR mount. > Tom A