[Leica] IMG: My Eye Doc...

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks, Steve, Phillipe and Peter! 

As part of the eye exam, they take a digital image of your retinas, 
using the lens of your eye as part of the system. You look into a hole 
in a big metal box with a padded frame around your face, and center a 
little blinking light in your field of vision. Then there's a bright 
flash, and an image of your retina is sent to the computer.  It's faster 
than downloading an SD card.  :-)

I bring my Leica to the eye exam. Once I get my new glasses, I look 
through the camera, and ask them to check what diopter correction I need 
to see clearly through the viewfinder.

Then I think I'm going to call my dealer and order a Leica diopter.  
I've been getting by with either nothing or the 1.15x third-party 
magnifier, which has a diopter adjustment.  But it may be time to get a 
Leica diopter, as the magnifier eyepiece is bare metal, and it cuts off 
a bit of the corners of the 35mm frame when I wear glasses.  I've had to 
give up on monovision contact lenses--they were great a few years ago, 
but are too much of a compromise now.  I don't like progressive lenses, 
so it's back to Ben Franklin's bifocals.  The joys of middle age.

--Peter

Peter Cheyne wrote:
 > >/ A great portrait, Peter, the huge image of your eye in glorious / 
 >/ colour really adds to the setting. How on Earth did he make that / 
 >/ image? Was your eye removed from its socket?/ > >/ Peter Cheyne/ >