Visos out of the moving box.

[Washington]

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These are Visoflexs just unpacked from moving: 2,2a and 3..... all of which I restored and adapted

for M-9 use..... and can easily be used on my M-3 as well.

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[Rick]

Hi Rip!

 

That is a lot of Visioflexs.

 

Welcome back from where ever you were. I have thought about you now and again especially when any Rube Goldberg Visio-contraptions were posted here while you were gone. Or, when the Sony A7r came out with all of the adaptors available for a photographer like you

 

Where did you move to and good to hear from you?

 

Rick

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[Washington]

They were junk when I bought them........ I really enjoyed restoring Viso's until I said to

myself just what you said above. Enough, already! Time to restore old brass H.O. Steam

Engines with super German & Swiss D.C. precision motors.

[Washington]

Rick,

I moved to where a fellow (chap) name of Washington Irving Tragle IV aka Rip SHOULD BE.

Red Hook, NY..... in the wonderful Hudson River Valley within spitting distance of the

Catskill Mountains. Should I go to sleep now? OK, wake me up in 25 years.

[Rick]

Sounds wonderful.

[k-hawinkler]

Rick,

I moved to where a fellow (chap) name of Washington Irving Tragle IV aka Rip SHOULD BE.

Red Hook, NY..... in the wonderful Hudson River Valley within spitting distance of the

Catskill Mountains. Should I go to sleep now? OK, wake me up in 25 years.

 

Rip,

 

Nice area, fairly close by is the CIA, short for Culinary Institute of America.

[stuny]

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Rip -

 

Not too far south of you is a terrific little French restaurant. This is what we say about it on our site:

 

Buffet de le Garre -- Yes, it's a block or two from the Hastings train station, but it might as well be in Paris. The food is classic French bistro, authentic and excellent. The owner is charming and she's good at hiring delightful staff. There were some very minor service gaffes, but they were handled with such warmth and humor that it actually improved the experience. Manhattan quality at half the price. 155 Southsuide Avenue. 914-478-1671. Buffetdelagareny.com.

[Rick]

Rip -

 

Not too far south of you is a terrific little French restaurant. This is what we say about it on our site:

 

Buffet de le Garre -- Yes, it's a block or two from the Hastings train station, but it might as well be in Paris. The food is classic French bistro, authentic and excellent. The owner is charming and she's good at hiring delightful staff. There were some very minor service gaffes, but they were handled with such warmth and humor that it actually improved the experience. Manhattan quality at half the price. 155 Southsuide Avenue. 914-478-1671. Buffetdelagareny.com.

 

Stu - from what little I know about RIP... I don't think the BUFFET DE LE GARRE is exactly where you might find him hanging out... not that he wouldn't appreciate it.

[Orient XI]

I hope their French cooking is better than their French it should be Buffet de la gare. The website gives financial advice and has nothing to do with gastronomy

[Nick_S]

These are Visoflexs just unpacked from moving: 2,2a and 3..... all of which I restored and adapted

for M-9 use.....

What is the adaptation required for use on an M9?

 

Nick

[david werbeloff]

Single-handedly driving up the price of Visos;) I do like your new restoration project: old HO brass locomotives!

 

Best,

David

[sblutter]

What is the adaptation required for use on an M9?

 

Nick

 

You have to calibrate them to account for the flat plane of the sensor vs. the curvature of film.

 

Involves shimming up the focus plane (under the mount of the ground glass) - and then adjusting the angle of the mirror to recenter the image on said glass via one or 2 adjustment points - depending on model.

 

Then a bit a tweaking back & forth whilst shooting tests.

 

Very rewarding when you get it really right and can shoot with confidence even wide open.

 

I wrote fairly detailed instructions on the M9 blog about a 2 yrs ago - do a search. I used various thicknesses of paper as shims - still bang on today.

 

Patience and small hobby tools...