M9 or 8 and close up work, who is using?

[jamato8]

I bought a couple of the Visoflex I, (one had a 5X and the other a 45 degree and where both inexpensive) and I just got a bellows. It is so cheap to get into close-up work with the 8 or 9 and the Leica bellows and visoflex are very nice. I am using the 135 Elmar f4, and it is sharp, sharp, and sharp.

I will need to post some images but I am still getting used to it, which isn't hard. I don't know that I would use it over my Canon stuff for field work as I have to shoot and move for my visual anthropology and natural history photography but the quality is excellent and it is fun to bring back to life equipment that is 40 and 50 years old, as in the viso and bellows. Where can you get bellows of this quality for 50 dollars?

 

[jamato8]

Question, did Leica make a focussing rail for the bellows? I can see that this is one hassle. A rail, once you have the size you want to do the final movement for focussing.