Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found I had a problem with a recently purchased diopter lens for an Olympus SLR. The power I ordered was not at all what I was expecting! I wound up making my own very easily, however. Since I needed a + diopter, I brought my camera into a drug store that sold reading glasses with plastic lenses and found the correct power by inspection. This allows one to get a closer match that the usual integer correction lenses offered by camera manufacturers. I then cut a rectangular section from the lens using a hacksaw and filing so that the lens is a press fit into the normal viewing lens frame. The resulting correction lens work very well, very inexpensive, and it is easy to find the correct power before purchase. -Jay- Visit my website at: <http://www.dakotacom.net/~jaleblan/index.html>