Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The corrective lenses have a reputation for working their way loose and making the great escape never to be seen again. A SMALL DROP of the MILDEST loctite with keep the lens in place bit allow you to remove it if needed. John Collier > From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au> > > Ken, got my dioptre lens through a Leica dealer, freely available. It's > tiny, and screws into the eyepiece of your M's viewfinder beautifully. A > wonderful thing. Sorry, don't have a photo. If thinking of buying one, > remember that your M6 viewfinder has a built in -0.5 dioptre correction. My > eyes need -2.5 corection, so I bought a -2.0 correction lens. > > Rick (I can see clearly now...) Dykstra > > ---------- >> From: Ken Lam <kensklam@aiab.com.hk> >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm with .85 M6 >> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:37 PM >> > >> Hi Rick, >> Could you tell me where I can get more information about the diopter >> correction lens? >> Do you have a photo of it that can be send to me? >> Is it attached onto the hotshoe? >> Regards, >> Ken >> >> >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> I found using a diopter correction lens to be a big help with the 0.85. >>> Also, it helps with right eye shooting, because with glasses off only the >>> eye looking through the corrected viewfinder is clear. My brain goes for >>> that view and ignores the left eye's bluriosity. But I still get the sense >>> of situational awareness with my left eye, sitting out there in the open, as >>> well as the benefits of contact with the subject. >>> >>> Rick Dykstra >>> >>> ---------- >>> >> >>