Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good advise for farsighted individuals; disastrous for nearsighted people. Those whose Rx is "minus", will see much poorer the more "plus" the diopter. Regards, Nigel On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:36:28 -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> writes: >Jim- if you like life at .5, you should try it at +1. At least based >on my >experience at the optician - my diopter arrives tommorrow from Sherry >- even >the difference between +.5 and +1 was night and day...But maybe it has >to do >with my glasses' prescription... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim >Brick >> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 1998 11:55 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tri-X and Diopters - no connection between the >> two... >> >> >> My M6 viewfinder was not as sharp as I thought it should be. A +.5 >diopter >> snapped it right in. >> >> JB >> >> >> At 02:29 AM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >> > >> >Well...Yesterday I got my glasses checked - they're fine. But what >I also >> >did was hold one of the optician's +1 diopters between my >> glasses and the M >> >eye piece and...Wow! I would encourage anyone to try this before >> purchasing >> >an M6HM...Night and day. I suspect that the 28 frame lines would be >> >difficult to use, but the 35s were still okay. Try it...you 'll >like it.. >> >:-) >> BD >> > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]