[Leica] Leica M diopters (Myopia vs. Presbyopia)

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You can go to Lowes or Home Depot and get little round rubber rings to put
around the eyepiece.  I think they are used for washers?

Good luck!

Tina


On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your thoughts, Sonny. My eyes lose horizontal alignment when I
> look far to the right.  It's called strabismus. Doing "monovision" (one eye
> distance, one eye near) is not a good idea, because it can make strabismus
> worse. This is why I need some horizontal prism to keep my eyes aligned
> when looking to the right. I can get along fine without it for just casual
> walking around, but I need it to drive, or I start seeing two cars on my
> right where only one is really there! Also, contacts don't do prism
> correction, so I wouldn't be able to drive that way.
>
> * Using the Leica viewfinder bare-eyed, I see OK but not perfect. Add the
> Megaperls magnifier w/diopter, and it's almost perfect.
> * With the bifocal glasses, seeing out of the viewfinder is blurrier. If I
> could use the Megaperls, I would see just fine, but it would scratch my
> glasses.
>
> Wearing my bifocals seem to be the best universal solution, at least with
> a normal lens and longer. That is, if the Leica diopters have rubber and
> not metal for the eyepiece. So I need a diopter with a rubber eyepiece if
> I'm going to shoot the Leica with my glasses. Then I'll be able to see the
> controls.  If I'm going to shoot bare-eyed, then I need some way to read
> the controls.
>
> --Peter
>
>
> Sonny wrote:
> > When I had my cataract surgery, I had them do my left eye for distance
> > vision and my right eye for close, as I shoot Leica with my left eye.
>  So I
> > don't need glasses for most things.   I do wear them for reading to fine
> > tune.
> >
> > Why wouldn't one contact help you out?
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Question:  Do the Leica diopters have a rubber eyepiece or a metal one?
> > >
> > > Here's why I ask.  Yesterday's shooting with my M8 brought home a
> change.
> > >  I am no longer nearsighted in either eye, so briefly taking off my
> glasses
> > > to read the controls no longer works.  For distance vision, my left eye
>  ...  blah blah blah etc....
>
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