Re: [Leica] correction lenses

["Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com>]

I didn't express myself very clearly.  The correction lens cost me $200 USD.
The little screw-in holder for that lens was gratis to me.  The lens holders
are normally for sale by Leica USA. To my knowledge, Leica USA does not
grind the little custom lenses.  You must get your own optician for that.  I
do not know if Solms offers that service.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] correction lenses


The man who did mine charged $200 USD.  I was fortunate enough to get the
eyepiece gratis.  I do not know how much the Leica parts department gets for
them.  Incidentally, the eyepiece made for astigmatism corrections rotates
within its mount, so as to allow proper axis alignment of the lens for
either vertical or horizontal shooting.  If you require only diopter
correction, a simpler eyepiece can be used.

Your custom lens, which fits over the factory lens,  is determined by your
distance correction + 0.5 diopter.  Thus, if your eyeglass distance
correction is +3.0 diopter, then your custom eyepiece correction would be
+3.5 diopter. This is because Leica builds a -0.5 into the camera's
eyepiece. This explanation is based on what I gleaned from some older books
about the Leica and was confirmed by the parts man at Leica USA, when I
spoke with him a little over a year ago.

I hope this helps.  I have admired the pictures on your website.

Regards..............Julian
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] correction lenses


If it is not indiscreet to ask, how much does that sort of thing cost,
total?
Also, for someone who wears bifocals or trifocals, how do you decide what
parameters to use for the correction lens on the eyepiece?

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 22:41
Subject: Re: [Leica] correction lenses


> The correction lens for my M6, with diopter and astigmatism correction,
was
> ground by an optician in Michigan, recommended to me by the Leica USA
parts
> person.  If you want to call the optician, his name is Jason Klimek, phone
> 810-695-4251. (This was between 1 and 2 years ago.)
>
> Good luck............Julian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] correction lenses
>
>
> whoa, i don't know this.  let me call leica up and see how it is
> thank a lot John
> Olivier
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Collier [mailto:jbcollier@powersurfr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 9:49 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] correction lenses
>
>
> Leica sells an empty correction mount for which you can have your optician
> grind a lens.
>
> John Collier
>
> > From: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil>
> >
> > I am thinking of getting an corrector thingy.  My eyes need a
> > -4 for a correction and Leica don't make -4 diopter piece.  anyone here
> know
> > where, or who would make -4 diopter please let me know.
>