Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the Hong Kong version 1.25 magnifier which I used with my 135mm, and it worked fine. Screws into the VF without a problem (short thread though and risk of damaging glasses since it's all metal). It's perfectly sharp in the center, and a bit less at the borders, also depending of your eye position vs the eyefinder. For ther few times that I used it, I had no quality problems with it. Philippe Op 23-jul-07, om 17:47 heeft Frank Dernie het volgende geschreven: > OK, I just hauled out my sadly neglected M6. With my specs on and > the standard 0.72 viewfinder the 35mm frames are at the extremes of > my view without moving my eye around and also coincide with the > extreme edges of the viewfinder window, that is to say, outside the > 35mm framelines is black. I can only see the 28mm framelines by > moving my eye around and, depending on how the framelines are moved > by the parallax correction mechanism, the position of some > framelines extends beyond the extreme edges of the viewfinder > window, that is to say, what I see through the viewfinder is less > than that bounded by the 28mm framelines. > > With the 0.85 magnifier fitted nothing effectively changes for me. > The view has slight barrel distortion and, perhaps because the > device pushes the eye another 6mm or so further from the > viewfinder, what I see is exactly as described above but a bit > smaller. The 35mm framelines are still all I can see without moving > my eye. > Frank > > On 23 Jul, 2007, at 14:37, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Frank.. if you had an M6/M7, what is the field of view like in the >> extremes >> of the VF with the most WA frame line? Can you see those lines >> easily? >> >> ( no M8 here.....) >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Frank Dernie >> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:24 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Eyepiece magnifier >> >> Hi Frank, >> it screws into the eyepiece securely. I wanted it to see the 24mm >> framelines on my M8 when wearing specs for this it is OK. The only >> problem is that there is no cushioning so scratching the lenses of my >> specs on the hard metal is practically guaranteed. >> Frank >> >> On 23 Jul, 2007, at 14:04, Frank Filippone wrote: >> >>> Frank... I was looking for an opinion on the .8 model.... >>> >>> Is eye relief an issue? With glasses? >>> Does the thing stay mounted to the eyepiece or does it have a >>> tendency to >>> come off? >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> red735i@earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> I haven't used the real Leica ones but I bought the 1.25 and 0.8 >>> ones >>> from Hong Kong and they are OK IMO. >>> Frank >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >