Visoflex
Visoflex is a brand name of the company Leica for mirror boxes to the rangefinder cameras can be installed by Leica and allow the use of these cameras for lenses in the near and telephoto.
function
In the mirror box there is a mirror, which is arranged in the optical path of the lens like with SLR cameras and reflects the image onto a finder pane above. Before the picture is taken, the mirror is flipped up and the camera can then be released. The first Leitz mirror boxes and the Visoflex I were operated using a double trigger, from Visoflex II there is a trigger located above the camera trigger, which when operated first folds up the mirror and then releases the camera. The last model in the series, the Visoflex III, had a swing-back mirror .
There were Leitz lenses with a focal length of 65, 90, 135, 180, 200, 280, 400, 560 and 800 mm for special, direct use on the Visoflex. Numerous other lenses or lens heads from other manufacturers ( Novoflex , Killfit, Steinheil and many others) can also be used via adapters ; an extremely versatile system, some of which also works with the current digital Leicas .
Production was discontinued in the 1980s with the increasing popularity of Leica SLR cameras.
Various electronic attachable viewfinders for the digital Leica M , Leica X1 and Leica T are currently (2016) offered under the name “Visoflex” .
Leica Visoflex III
Leica Visoflex III - dismantled
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leica website. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .