Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/06
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Martin Howard wrote:
Ray Moth jotted down the following:
> Would not VISO be included in the Reflex category?
>
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> I must admit I hadn't thought of that but I suppose it should be; I
> know very little of Visoflex. Maybe I'll become enlightened?
The mailing list is called "Leica R club". The Visoflex was a
Frankensteinian attempt to turn a Leica rangefinder into an SLR by
adding a reflex housing to the front of the camera ("It's a lie! It's
a lie!"
;).
(snip)
Alternatively, on a more serious note:
http://elshaw.tripod.com/Visoflex/Visoflex.html
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Yes, Martin, but the question was about the (more liberally named)
Leica Reflex Forum (now 27 members) in Topica, not the Yahoo R Club
(still only 6 members). Thanks for enlightening me, by the way (sorry,
that should be BTW - still haven't got the hang of InterSpeak), as to
the nature of the Visoflex. I followed the link but I wish I'd waited
until I'd digested my lunch (to which some despicable person had stolen
the cork) ;-) It looks like an example of late Victorian plumbing with
enhancements by Hieth Robinssohn (the Viso, not my lunch) :-o Do
people still use 'em, BTW (I'm learning!), e.g. for street and other
types of photography requiring the discreet approach? (I'll get roasted
for this but it's worth it!)
Regards,
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Ray
"The trouble with resisting temptation is
you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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