Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/06

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Subject: Re: DR operation
From: Dave Munroe <dmunroe@vcd.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 20:16:30 PST

> Ahhh .... so the eyes are for normal distance not close up?  I thought
> it was the other way around?

Rob,

You had it right: the eyes are for close-up work.

Without the eyes, just use the lens and rangefinder normally.  You'll notice
that the focusing ring won't move to the closer distances because a tab is
preventing further movement.  To focus closer, you have to pull out (!) the
focus ring (pull towards the front of the lens) and move it past the tab.
At that point, if you don't have the eyes on, the lens still won't turn to
the closer distances until you push down on the little silver ball on the
eyes' platform.  If you do have the eyes on, it automatically pushes down on
the silver ball.  In any case, you need the eyes for close focusing because
the image in the rangefinder patch will not be accurate without them.

- -Dave