Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay - Not bad...Problem is that on the Nikon F it's a round viewfinder window, which makes hacksawing a bit of a bitch....I have my local optometrist ordering a - -1 lens which they are going to glue onto the Nikon +1 (which is really +2) which will produce a +1...if you follow...the real trick, of course, is to have a camera like the OM3-4, or the Leica R6.2 or R8 with a built-in adjustable diopter...the one on the OM3-4 is really fabulous...... Jay LeBlanc wrote: > I found I had a problem with a recently purchased diopter lens for an > Olympus SLR. The power I ordered was not at all what I was expecting! I > wound up making my own very easily, however. > Since I needed a + diopter, I brought my camera into a drug store that sold > reading glasses with plastic lenses and found the correct power by inspection. > This allows one to get a closer match that the usual integer correction > lenses offered by camera manufacturers. > I then cut a rectangular section from the lens using a hacksaw and filing > so that the lens is a press fit into the normal viewing lens frame. > The resulting correction lens work very well, very inexpensive, and it is > easy to find the correct power before purchase. -Jay- > > Visit my website at: <http://www.dakotacom.net/~jaleblan/index.html>