Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does the lens head of a lens that unscrews from its focus mount so it can be mounted on the Visoflex or on the bellows have the 39mm threads? On Mar 16, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Yes you certainly could Richard. Or a dSLR with one of the > dedicated macro > lenses like the superb Zeiss ones. However if you have an M you can > experiment with the Visoflex system for not very much money. > Plus you get to indulge the additional hobbies of haunting eBay for > more > cool retro gadgets as well as playing with the Meccano set of > adaptors and > widgets. > For anyone interested in learning about them you can pick up > reproductions > of the original Leica instructions for much of their close up gear > for just > a few dollars. > "Instructions for use of reproduction devices including Visoflexes and > bellows etc" you should find it at Amazon cheaply . > There is some free stuff available on-line. Someone will post some > links. > There are some experts here to ask of course. I've learnt a lot > from them. > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 17 March 2010 06:06, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > >> As far as I know, you need the Visoflex lens and not just any old >> M lens >> can >> do right? >> >> In that case, would it be as cheap and small and portable to just >> pick up a >> R3 and a couple telephoto or macro lens, and still has the Leica >> look? >> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You can get them pretty cheap too. I just bought a Visoflew III >>> with the >>> prism and adapter (I forgot if it's the OTZFOO or something) for >>> about >> 190 >>> Euros in a shop in Germany, I find the Visoflex to be a lot of >>> fun and is >>> sort of modern-retro... it's great to focus that 135mm correctly >>> again! >>> >>> All the best from the south of France! >>> >>> Tarek >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> Tarek Charara >>> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> >>> >>> NO ARCHIVE >>> >>> >>> >>> Le 16 mars 10 ? 19:13, Konstantin Mihov a ?crit : >>> >>> >>> Thanks for the tip on the Visoflex - I had seen them on ebay >>> before but >>>> had >>>> no idea what they are used for. Now things make sense and I am >>>> watching >>>> several on ebay. Thanks Geoff! >>>> >>>> KM >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information