[Leica] IMG: Eyes in Transition

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks, Aram.  I expect my repairs and updates to cover a period of 
about two months.  I think that is faster than a Leica repair. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/26/2013 4:51 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Even Leica lenses have to be sent in for service once in a while.  
> Best of luck with your high tech human optics.
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Nichols
> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:22 PM
> To: LUG at Leica-Users.org
> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Eyes in Transition
>
> After having a cataract removed from my left eye, and awaiting surgery
> on the right eye, I find myself in a photographic limbo.  I can focus
> and frame without glasses, but can't read the menus or controls. The
> lenses I have are not matched to the repaired eye, so they are
> makeshift, at best.  I concluded I had best set the camera up in its
> simplest configuration.  It is in Program Mode for the near future.
>
> Testing my ability to use the camera, I turned to a Christmas gift from
> years ago, a relief map of the Great Smoky Mountains, with frames for
> the addition of small prints.  My wife and I spent many happy days
> exploring this area.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Map.jpg.html
>
> And, zooming in on one of the photos, the old water mill.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Mill.jpg.html
>
> I think I can exist with this configuration until my eye work is 
> completed.
>
> A Happy New Year to all of you! :-)
>