Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm with .85 M6
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:11:50 -0700

The corrective lenses have a reputation for working their way loose and
making the great escape never to be seen again. A SMALL DROP of the MILDEST
loctite with keep the lens in place bit allow you to remove it if needed.

John Collier

> From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au>
> 
> Ken, got my dioptre lens through a Leica dealer, freely available.  It's
> tiny, and screws into the eyepiece of your M's viewfinder beautifully.  A
> wonderful thing.  Sorry, don't have a photo.  If thinking of buying one,
> remember that your M6 viewfinder has a built in -0.5 dioptre correction.  My
> eyes need -2.5 corection, so I bought a -2.0 correction lens.
> 
> Rick (I can see clearly now...) Dykstra
> 
> ----------
>> From: Ken Lam <kensklam@aiab.com.hk>
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm with .85 M6
>> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:37 PM
>> 
> 
>> Hi Rick,
>> Could you tell me where I can get more information about the diopter
>> correction lens?
>> Do you have a photo of it that can be send to me?
>> Is it attached onto the hotshoe?
>> Regards,
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Ken,
>>> 
>>> I found using a diopter correction lens to be a big help with the 0.85.
>>> Also, it helps with right eye shooting, because with glasses off only the
>>> eye looking through the corrected viewfinder is clear. My brain goes for
>>> that view and ignores the left eye's bluriosity. But I still get the sense
>>> of situational awareness with my left eye, sitting out there in the open, as
>>> well as the benefits of contact with the subject.
>>> 
>>> Rick Dykstra
>>> 
>>> ----------
>>> 
>> 
>>