Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, Harrison, you'd think that would be the case. But I'm using this on an F, and when I hold a +1 diopter in front of the eye piece and focus, everything it terrific. But when I attach what is supposed to be a Nikon +1 diopter, I can't focus.....I think they just screwed up....I do know what you're talking about though..,.the Leica M is shipped with a -.5...so to get a +.5, I put a +1 on it...... Harrison McClary wrote: > >A couple of weeks ago I finally got a hold of a +1 diopter for the Nikon > >F....But for some reason it seemed much too strong. I figured that that > >meant I really needed a +.5.....Well...To make a long story, which > >involves some custom work on the part of my neighborhood optomatrist, > >turns out that that Nikon +1 diopter is really a +2! Despite the fact > >that it is marked +1..... > > BD several years ago when I first got glasses I was talking to a friend > who worked at Nikon NPS Atlanta about ordering a dipoter for my F3 and > 8008. She told me that all the nikon finders were shipped -1....so I > should not need any kind of correction since my perscription was > -.5...maybe this is why a +1 diopter is really a +2. > > Harrison McClary > email: harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > preview my book: http://www.volmania.com