Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stan, One of the photos shown by one of the Luggers showed the Viso and long lens mounted on an M8. I think it was a Leica M8 demo in Singapore. I don't know if the M7/M8 meter and shutter can work fast enough, but certainly manual metering is easy enough since you'll probably be on a tripod. Len On Oct 28, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Stan Yoder wrote: > Just pondering this combination. It would seem to work physically > (top-plate clearance,) if the shutter release is still positioned > under the Viso's trip arm. And exposure setting would require that > the Viso's mirror first be raised (same as with an M6) then lowered > for final composition*. Thus, the combination would seem to be > practical only with stationary subjects and likely a tripod, and > even then rather awkward, methinks. > > * would aperture-priority auto (M7/8) work fast enough to obviate > the mirror-up step? > > Comments? > > Stan Yoder > Pittsburgh > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information