mikelc Posted March 15, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi..with Spring about to arrieve here in NYC I'm thinking Botanic Gardens and macro shooting.. ..a friend told me that leica doesn't do macro...so my question is are there any lenses that will shoot macro on the m8?...b&h advertises the 90 with a macro adaptor as a package...anyone familiar with this or any non leica lenses that would work as well.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Hi mikelc, Take a look here M8 and Macro lenses?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted March 15, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2007 When you put on the Visoflex there are a number of possibilities: Either the Visosflex and Bellows with the lenshead of a number of older lenses, or the dedicated 65 or 100 macro lenses, or for micro photography the Photar series of lenses. If you go long lens there is the option of using a diopter on the lens, for instance the Canon 500D is 77 mm, which means it will fit the Noflexar series of lenses, or through a step-up ring any Telyt. All the old stuff is relatively easy to find. Then the Novoflex bellows offers a number of adapters for macro lenses currently on the market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nryn Posted March 15, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 15, 2007 Mike, There was recently a lot of discussion on macro possibilities for rangefinders in a thread where Guy Mancuso was trying to justify buying the only M lenses he doesn't already own Do a search--I found the information in that discussion really helpful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted March 15, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 15, 2007 You can do macro if you want to. I'm playing with a Visoflex III on the M8 at the moment. Here I've mounted a 50 Elmar-M directly on the Visoflex. Shot using existing light, f5.6, 16sec, ISO160, UV/IR filter. This is the full frame from an in-camera basic jpeg, resize only and gentle sharpening: [ATTACH]29708[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael M. Posted March 15, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 15, 2007 Hi some other examples for the very old 3,5/65mm Elmar and bellows ... http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digitalforum/19110-m8-und-makro.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephengilbert Posted March 15, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 15, 2007 Guy's photos: http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/19075-having-fun-visoflex-m8.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelc Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted March 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi ..thanks for responses...now the dumb question..is the Visoflex just an adaptor that will fit onto several lenses allowing them to shoot macro? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 15, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2007 The Visoflex III fits between the lens and the body: http://elshaw.tripod.com/Visoflex/VisoflexIII.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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