Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Saturday, February 20, 1999, Eric wrote: > I had the R8s diopter setting wrong. One day in the middle of a > basketball game, I recalibrated the diopter in the viewfinder and > shot the rest of the game. I was amazed at how much better my > focusing just got. I want to know why on earth all camera manufacturers now think it is necessary to include this stupid adjustment on cameras today? This one thing causes me more trouble than any other aspect of today's camras. The damn thing is always getting twisted one way or another. When my eyes are tired I can never tell when it is adjusted right. And on every camera I have ever used with this damnable adjustment... Leica, Nikon, Canon... the image ALWAYS looks funny through the screen Like looking through a wide angle lens or something. There is curvature on the focusing screen, or something that makes a world of difference from looking through the old pre adjustable diopter days. All in all I HATE the adjustable diopter and wish they would do away with the damn things. In the past I paid $200 per camera to have them taken out of my EOS 1's and I guess I am going to do that again soon to my new ones. Gads the thing ought to be an option. Best regards, Harrison mailto:mcclary@iname.com http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto preview my book: http://www.volmania.com