Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I have to admit. That is one of the most enjoyable (mind you, there have been a few) posts on the LUG for me in a long time. Don't ask me why. I couldn't tell you. But it has almost convinced me that I really do need a OTSRO. Daniel Marc James Small wrote: > At 03:08 PM 6/29/2007, Stan Yoder wrote: > >Marc, thanks for the reply. While I'm still interested in the > >combination, I did order another > >OTRPO/16471 tube from an LHSAer, which will also enable closer work. > > Stan > > As I e-mailed you off-List, time has been of the essence of late (I have > done three U-Haul runs in the past six days from Roanoke, Virginia, to > Richmond, Virginia, and the last one was made yesterday, when we closed > on the sale of our house there. We unloaded it here today: it is > amazing just how a decent dolly can aid you. My wife recently bought a > heavy-duty one with pneumatic tires and damned if she and I weren't able > to off-load even a 36-hp VW engine, the engine from the first car I ever > owned back in the longago. My wife toted it on Hello, Dolly! while I > steadied it to help her out, with her complaining about her arthritis > and bad back the whole time and how unreasonable some people can be. > <he grins> It was nothing like that at all, of course: she assured me > that she could handle it and for me to stand aside. <he grins again> > In any event, the house in Roanoke is history and is a sad loss as I > loved that house, but for the first time in donkey's years we now have > ALL of our possessions in a single place, albeit the two-car garage has > both bays loaded until we sort things out, and much of my camera gear > and references are buried therein and will emerge over the next several > years in a sort of archaeological dig into our possessions. > > In any event, I have lacked time to dig through my references or to > consult that magnificent Erwin Puts' CD-ROM regarding Stan's basic > question. But I did have a few minutes to pull out a Viso III, a > Bellows II, and my 4/135 Elmar. I unscrewed the lens-head. This is a > LONG lens-head. You need an OTSRO adapter to accommodate this to the > basic Bellows II adapter plate. Yes, this does accommodate infinity > focus and also allows close-ups to a foot or so. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information