Re: [Leica] M2 with rubber M6 eyepiece as replacement problem

[Pitak Chenkosol <pitakc@ee.pdx.edu>]

Dear Badris,

How about using an O-ring as a protective layer? Take your camera with you
to a Home Depot and get yourself several O-rings that match the size of the
M2 eyepiece. Cut it to size with an Exacto knife and glue it on to the M2 eyepiece.
That's gotta work. If you made a mistake, you still have a few more in a bag
to practice. The O-ring will also come in black if that is matter to you.
I would not mind the orange O-ring myself. This trick should work on any metal
eyepiece. Well, it won't look like an M6 eyepiece but it will serve the purpose.

Or you can buy an M6 eyepiece and replace it on an M2.

Pitak




> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> just got hold of an M2 a few weeks ago, my first leica, and have been using
> it as a regular shooter alongside my other gear. My question relates to my
> ever-frustrating experiences with early M leicas (or more specifically, the
> metal eyepiece of early M leicas). i'm an eyeglass wearer, and it scratches
> the heck out of my glasses.
> 
> tried the tape and moleskin solution, but it's kinda funky and it's not for
> me. was fortunate enough to come across a rubber eyepiece made for the M6,
> but when i put it on my M2 it distorted the viewfinder even more and my eye
> had to strain itself to get a normal viewfinder image. i have reason to
> suspect the eyepiece is not the 'standard' M6 eyepiece but rather a diopter
> correction eyepiece, but it could also be something about the different
> viewfinders of the M2 and M6 that is causing this.
> 
> Question: have other M2 (or M3/M4) users with M6 style rubber eyepiece on
> their cameras experienced this problem, or is it just me with a
> non-standard M6 rubber eyepiece? if so, which eyepiece (or perhaps,
> dioptric correction eyepiece) would i need to gain the 'normal' diopter
> image of the M2 with its metal eyepiece? better still, anyone know the part
> # of the eyepiece i would need?
> 
> Thanks for the help, be well.
> Badris.
> 
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