Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I like the M system for its simplicity, and it was a relief to get rid of my Pentax SLR film type for doing macro work -- trying to keep the equipment levels to a minimum. I just got rid of my focomat V35, and a whole bunch of other stuff, and life just got a little better -- fewer variable. I will look into the DSLR, that sounds interesting. The 5/07 issue of LFI magazine made a great case for using the old equipment, and I swallowed hook, line and sinker. The visoflex iii, and a macro lens, seems like a good alternative, even given the 1.33 factor -- might even be good to have in the Billingham out in the field. I am hoping to find someone out there who can share the enthusiasm I have with the LFI article -- this link gives a paragraph or two: http://www.lfi-online.de/ceemes/page/show/issue_5_07_3 Thanks. Pete O'Toole St Paul, MN On 8/14/07, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote: > > Pete, > > First, welcome to the group! You'll find it a terrific, frustrating, > rewarding place. > > My question: Why get a viso III and Leica lens for macro work with the M8? > Just because you CAN adapt a Leica for the work doesn't mean it's the best > option. > > The Viso III was a clumsy work-around to adapt Leica rangefinder cameras > for > long lenses and macrophotography. At the time, it was a job really better > suited to a Nikon F, Contarex or other great SLRs. Obviously Leica also > thought so, with the introduction of the Leicaflex system. > > Which brings me to the heretical point: for macro work, why not get a > prosumer DSLR for the project? You'll have accurate framing (not possible > with a Viso III setup, since the M8 sensor is not full-frame) and > excellent > results, probably for less than what a Viso III and lens(es) would cost. > Best of all, you'd have a camera suited to the job. > > Save the M8 for shooting where a rangefinder works best--out in the field, > when speed and immediacy count. > > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > Who remembers some of the '30s Leica adaptor ads with glee--ever see the > one > where the photographer (using a iiia) tries to photograph a cat close-up > using that thing with the sticks for distance-measurement? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter > O'Toole > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:07 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] visoflex iii > > Hello, > > This is my first letter to lug -- I joined the list serve last night. I > need > to ask a favor. First a little about myself, I started shooting with an M6 > in 1995, and I just got an M8 in April. I am looking for a VisoFlex III, > as > I sold my film-type photo copying system, and now I want to use my M8 for > copy work -- probably need a dedicated macro lense as well. I tried ebay, > but the bidders are pretty cagey, and they appear to be collectors and > re-sellers. > > Do any of you have this pieces, or do you know how I can get this macro > equipment? > > Thanks. > Pete > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more informati >