Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Check with your dealer about ordering prescription lenses from Leica. I read somewhere that there is a Leica part number for sending in prescriptions so that you can have correction of astigmatism as well as diopter on a custom order. I have no idea the price. Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: Julian Koplen <jkoplen@mindspring.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:16 PM Subject: [Leica] Prescription lens for eyepieces > I would appreciate information about how to obtain prescription eyepieces > for M6 and R4. My correction exceeds what is available "off the shelf". My > distance diopter correction is +4 and near is "add 2.5". I understand that > all I have to do is inform the optical lab that Leica puts -0.5 in the M > eyepiece and -1.0 in the R. > > Does that make sense, and does anyone know of labs that can fashion the > proper shape and size lenses that are required. > > A related question, if anyone has direct experience, is whether it is worth > getting the rotating eyepiece for astigmatism correction, or is that feature > more trouble than it is worth? > > Thanks for any help............Julian > > P.S. Forgive if multiple messages appear. I may have had message format > problems. > >