Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] diopter correction => why isn't there a flip up magni fier....
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:39:01 -0000
 
Bryan,
This sounds like the old 'goggles' or 'specs' arrangement to me for the 35mm
M3 lenses, or the Tele-Elmarit 135/2.8 for the M2 (et al), are you aware of
these?

Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bryan Willman [SMTP:bryanwi@seanet.com]
> 
> In all the discussion over M6 versus M6HM, I wonder
> why there isn't, for the M, a flip up magnifier like that
> often used on SLRs.  (Have I asked this before
> and missed the answer?  If so, sorry.)
> 
> Could such a thing be made?  Turn a .72x into
> a .85x?  Or, a .85x into a .72x to make the 35mm
> frame line more usable?
> 
> Would such a thing be possible?  Anybody know
> someone who could make one for me?
> 
> Thoughts, comrades?
> bmw
>