[Leica] Visoflex III fixed

[tckline at gci.net (T C Kline)]

The Viso lenses compatible with the Viso I need the extension tube to  
increase the distance from the lens mount to the camera body as the  
Viso I was thicker. These lenses have the Leica screw mount rather than  
an M mount.
Tom
On Nov 4, 2006, at 10:56, Rose Scollard wrote:

> On the subject of Visoflexes [Visoflexi??] - I'm hoping I could get  
> some advice from the Group.  I picked up a Visoflex III and a Telyt  
> 200 a while back, but have not been able to make them work together.   
> I can use the Visoflex with regular M-bodied lenses (Summicron 50,  
> Tele-Elmarit 90, etc.) without problems (limited, of course, to close  
> focus), but the Telyt won't focus at any distance.  Is there a special  
> adaptor needed for this purpose? Disconnected pieces of info that I've  
> been able to pick up suggest that the OUBIO adaptor serves this  
> purpose, but I'm really just guessing.
>
> More information would be greatly appreciated.  Tnx, David
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:33 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Visoflex III fixed
>
>
>> The culprit was the mirror tension spring had popped off its stud.
>>
>> I took the side plate off (very difficult as the screw heads were  
>> either
>> overpainted, or aged), found the spring and restored it to its proper
>> location.
>>
>> Now it sits with a bellows; still don't own a lens to use with it but  
>> it
>> looks nice.
>>
>> Thanks all.
>>
>> Vick
>>
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