tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post9052062467644005522..comments2024-03-27T11:02:08.037-05:00Comments on LEICA Barnack Berek Blog: LENSES FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHYLEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-26417718728572352502012-07-25T10:29:04.083-05:002012-07-25T10:29:04.083-05:00You are basically correct. However, Novoflex offe...You are basically correct. However, Novoflex offered a perfect solution. The interchangeable lens mount adapter in back of the lens is about 2 inches long. It can be replaced by a small bellows which then is adapted to fit the camera. With the bellows in its shortest position, the lens focuses to infinity. If releasing the pistol grip does not focus close enough, the bellows can now be used to focus closer. Setting the bellows slightly closer than necessary allows the use of the pistol grip for fast focusing changes. This system proved to be substantially more convenient and usable than any extension tube.<br />The later Novoflex lenses replaced the bellows with a sliding extension tube. That too worked quite well, but to me the bellows has always been the most practical solution.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-80534108619644570532012-07-25T09:26:57.278-05:002012-07-25T09:26:57.278-05:00Looking at some pictures of Novoflex lenses, it se...Looking at some pictures of Novoflex lenses, it seems that the pistol grip focusing has a relatively short movement. Doesn't that put considerable restrictions on how close you can focus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-65640575818272188672012-07-24T13:15:34.243-05:002012-07-24T13:15:34.243-05:00Yes, and it proved to be much easier to use than t...Yes, and it proved to be much easier to use than the Leica system. I also found the focusing movement of the Novoflex system to be much sturdier. Leica used four appr. 5 inch long steel pins that fit in grooves to effect the focusing movement. Novoflex used appr. 50 such groves for the focusing movement.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-82763266200686654032012-07-24T11:17:42.223-05:002012-07-24T11:17:42.223-05:00That sounds like a further development of the &quo...That sounds like a further development of the "trombone" focusing Leica used with the 400 and 560mm Telyt lenses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469641643604325593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-65447896265800593932012-07-23T10:28:04.850-05:002012-07-23T10:28:04.850-05:00Novoflex is a German company that used to offer an...Novoflex is a German company that used to offer an excellent line of lenses of their own, mainly long telephoto lenses. They developed a unique focusing system called Followfocus. The lenses incorporated a pistol grip which, when squeezed, would shift the lens to infinity. Releasing the grip slowly, would focus at closer distances. After some getting used to, this system focused faster than anything short of autofocus. The lenses were of the same, two-element design as the Leitz 400 and 560mm Telyt lenses and offered equally high performance levels. For a while, the Leitz 400 and 560 mm Telyt lenses were available from Leitz with the Novoflex Followfocus system. Lenses of the system consisted of 200, 240, 280, 300 400 600 and 640 mm lenses.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-87342587106503468872012-07-22T14:38:26.841-05:002012-07-22T14:38:26.841-05:00I am not familiar with Novoflex lenses. Could you...I am not familiar with Novoflex lenses. Could you tell us more about them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com