Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/21
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> 3. Has anybody ever used a lens longer than 135mm on the M3 without a
> Visoflex? Perchance, I'm having to do a fair amount of sports
> shooting, and a 135mm isn't long enough. Of course, Contax had the
> 180mm "Olympic" Sonnar, so the idea isn't too far-fetched. Has anyone
> ever used the 200mm Komura LSM with an M adapter and a finder, for
> example? It's either find one of those or get a SLR and I like my
> Leica too much for that!
I sometimes use my 200/1:4.0 with a sportsfinder and an extension
tube (both items are rare). Of course you have to estimate the
distance, but on a sunny day with 400 asa and the subject not too
close that is not much of a problem. For me it works very fine.
Greetings,
Michiel.