Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dante, your are correct about the diopter glass, but for the upper element you also need an optical wedge to compensate for the parallax. Alex > > Dear Non-Idiot: > > Go to the optometrist, have him cut you a +0.7 diopter glass lens to the > same diameter as the "window" glass and then have them AR coat it. > Obviously, you need the exact same "prescription" top and bottom. You > might make both +0.75. > > If you want, I can give you the name of an optometrist in the U.S. who > did this kind of thing for me in the past. > > Cheers > ------------ > Dante Stella > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Pablo Kolodny wrote: > > > Hi dear LUG'ers, > > > > this time is to tell a negative experience I had at eBay. > > basically I'm the jerk but the seller is the SOB. > > his name and email address is: > > > > WilWatty <wilwatty@earthlink.net> > > > > and his eBay ID is > > > > shamta > > > > The item I got from him was listed under the following > > > > # 1366983677. > > > > I'm speaking of a nice Tele Rolleinar 0.7. > > > > I won the auction at an interesting pricing for what a Tele Rolleinar > is. > > I asked a friend in NY to send payment to the seller, thing done > immediately > > after the auction ended 'cause I wanted to have the item sent the sooner > to > > my friend. His wife was coming down to Buenos Aires and I wanted her to > take > > it to me. > > The seller, then, rushed the item to my friend in NY once he got payment > > through PayPal. I asked my friend he check the item up for me before > giving > > it away to his wife. He did so and told the item looked like new. > > As I suffer of anxiety I went to eBay to leave a positive feedback for > the > > seller, even thanked he really rushed shipping and so on. Actually he > didn't > > sound nice when writing via email. But that's another story. > > Finally I got the Tele Rolleinar and it really looked like new save some > > very little marks of usage. I placed it on my Tele Rollei and guess > what. > > It doesn't work. No modification it's seen when looking through the > lens. > > Nothing. Glasses seem to be pieces of window panes. > > > > I sent to this person more than 3 messages asking him to have my money > back > > and, of course, I'd be sending back the item to him. > > He never responded. NEVER. > > And I, the big jerk of the story, have already placed some positive > feedback > > for him before checking how the item behaved in situ. > > > > Just wanted to let you know the story. > > > > > > Now, what the hell is supposed I do with this fucked poor Tele Rolleinar > ? > > Can the glasses be replaced by the original ones ? > > Some one selling a very broken Tele Rolleinar chassis or skeleton but > with > > nice glasses ? > > I'm a user, I use my Tele Rollei for work, I love that camera and need > both > > Rolleinars, I already got the 0,35 and is working great. > > > > Now... some suggestions please. > > > > Thanks > > > > The idiot > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html