Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What you do, at least for an M, is go after the Leica part 042-253.008 which is a rotating mount for an eyepiece correction lens for astigmatism. Alas, locating someone to grind a lens to fit is not that easy. Roy On 1 Aug 98 at 8:02, Stanley E Yoder wrote: > >From: Fstop008@aol.com > >Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:10:29 EDT > >Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Sherry Krauter > > >On the subject of Leica repairs: who do you contact in order to have a > >prescription viewfinder inserted into the eyepiece, if you want an astimatic > >error included, which is not included in Leica's commerically available > >eyepieces? > > Maybe I'm missing something re optical knowledge, but how can you > correct for astigmatism when the camera is likely to be in two > positions 90 degrees apart, relative to the eye (horiz/vert, or > landscape/portrait)? Only if the eyepiece can be rotated to keep the > correction in the proper plane, yes? > > Stan Yoder > Pittsburgh >