Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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