Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing with aging eyes
From: fbrunell@bonzai.net (Francois Brunelle)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:51:55 -0400

I hope like hell that this guy is not driving his car in my area!

Francois

Mark Walberg wrote:

> >I am finding more and more frequently that focusing the M6 at distances
> >beyond about 10 feet is getting to be difficult for me, given the image
> >size. With a 50 and a 35 this isn't much of an issue. With the 90 it is. I
> >have a 90 Summicron. Do any of you have an suggestions - other than to spend
> >$2000 on the .85 M6, which my wife would be happy to tell you is not an
> >option - to deal with this problem? I wear glasses, and use them when I
> >shoot. I assume that an external finder would at least make life easier in
> >terms of viewing the scene, but focusing...
> >
> >Thanks
>
> The kind of glasses you have makes a big difference.  The last time I went
> to the eye guy, I took my camera with me to make the point about what I
> needed.  The eye guy had pictures all over his walls he had taken with his
> Nikon.
>   I told him I wanted a pair of glasses that would 1) correct my
> astigmatism, 2) be optimized for focusing my camera and 3) provide adequate
> focus for viewing all except very close subjects (so I can see what I'm
> photographing).  He said he knew exactly what I needed, and he gave me a
> pair of single distance glasses which are great.  I can't see anything
> closer than about 2 feet, so I have to take the glasses off to read.
> Focusing the camera is MUCH easier than with my other glases, which are
> those "progressive" glasses that evolved from bifocals.
>   If you are using "progressive lenses in your glasses, I strongly advise
> you to make a trip to the eye guy and tell him you need single vision
> glasses for focusing your camera.
>
>    A considerably more complicated solution is described by David Reuther here:
> http://www.fcinet.com/ruether/articles.html#glasses
> -Mark Walberg