Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure, but goggles go on the front, and are part of the lens. I'm suggesting something that would go on the back (only need 1 not a pair) and are part of the camera, rather than the lens. bmw - -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 8:55 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] diopter correction => why isn't there a flip up magnifier.... >Bryan, >This sounds like the old 'goggles' or 'specs' arrangement to me for the 35mm >M3 lenses, or the Tele-Elmarit 135/2.8 for the M2 (et al), are you aware of >these? > >Jem > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bryan Willman [SMTP:bryanwi@seanet.com] >> >> In all the discussion over M6 versus M6HM, I wonder >> why there isn't, for the M, a flip up magnifier like that >> often used on SLRs. (Have I asked this before >> and missed the answer? If so, sorry.) >> >> Could such a thing be made? Turn a .72x into >> a .85x? Or, a .85x into a .72x to make the 35mm >> frame line more usable? >> >> Would such a thing be possible? Anybody know >> someone who could make one for me? >> >> Thoughts, comrades? >> bmw >> >