[Leica] Visoflex on MP (II or III, bellows or....)

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

I've got a Nikon F paired to a 55 macro that I bought
on the auction site last year for a combined total of
less than $160, with shipping. I use it to shoot slide
close-ups and details of art work, a job it does
easily, quickly, and with excellent results. I've been
a Leica shooter since 1970, but wouldn't dream of
using one for this kind of work. Lord, what PITA it
would be.

--- Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote:

> At 06:44 PM 10/17/2006, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Beyond that - the Visoflex may be a marvel of
> optical engineering - or
> >enginoptics, but what has that got to do with its
> use for real photography
> >in the real world? (And yes, I did own one many
> years ago, and thought it
> >was a nifty gimmick.) It doesn't turn an M camera
> into a useful reflex
> >camera, it turns an M camera into a rangefinder
> camera with a whopping tumor
> >at the end of its nose. As many a photojournalist
> found in the 60s and into
> >the early 70s, if one was a rangefinder shooter,
> there was no need to invest
> >in a reflex system - Nikon F body, 105 2.5, 200 f4,
> and you were good to go
> >- along with your M2, M3, and range of lenses from
> 21 to 50 mm. ;-)
> 
> With respect, BD, you are missing the point.
> 
> If you are heavily invested in Leica RF gear and 
> have no SLR at hand, then spending $300 or so for 
> a Visoflex rig makes sense.  If you already have 
> a Nikon F or Canon F1 set on hand, that changes 
> the equation quite a bit.  It is just a matter of 
> convenience.  If you already have the Leica RF 
> gear but no SLR, why spend thousands of dollars 
> to invest in another system, an SLR, which is 
> marginal to your interests?  eBay has made Viso gear
> REALLY cheap.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
> 
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