If you are thinking of Novoflex, then try and find the Noflexar T lenses with a Pigriff-C or D (I've just seen a C-Version 400 online for 290 euros). The system has a front grip with two options for remote release - cable or electronic - and a rear (camera-side) grip for focusing. For use with a tripod/monopod, you have to rotate the front (release) grip so that it ends up parallel to the lens tube to make enough room for a tripod head.. It takes a little getting used to, but it is very fast and and quite steady even at longer shutter speeds. If you have a camera with an electronic socket for a remote release, you'll need a dedicated lens-camera adapter cable. I'm not sure whether Novoflex still have these, the follow-focus lenses have been discontinued for quite a while. Without one, it's more than difficult to hold the lens, focus and press the shutter button on the camera body at the same time. There is a socket in the side of the front handgrip that takes a small jack-plug that connects to a simple on/off microswitch inside the grip - it doesn't work correctly on Canon DSLRs with proprietary "stereo jack" remote release cables, and I haven't yet found a mono version to try it out yet. It releases ok for the first shot, but doesn't reset the camera for subsequent shots. If you have a screw-threaded mechanical socket for remote on your camera, you can connect it with a cable to a release socket in the back of the lensâ?? grip directly behind the button. The release button has two settings - long travel for mechanical cable use and, when you twist and push it in until it locks, a short travel that operates the microswitch for electronic release. It is definitely not a lens for carrying through airport security checks :-) Cheers Douglas (the one in Germany) On 11.01.2010 18:05, wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Mark Kronquist wrote: > > >>>> > 280 400 640 interchangeable heads and hey a Leica and or Nikon > Mount...same lenses as Leica (Novoflex made them) generally much cheaper > <<< > > As far as I know Novoflex never made the optical units of their > follow-focus lenses. Some were made by Staebel, and the Leica 400mm and > 560mm f/6.8 lens heads were also available for the Novoflex follow-focus > grip. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/