Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/18
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Actually I think "high-eyepoint" is a bit of a colloquial term. As I
understand it, it's a viewfinder whose image that subtends a smaller visual
angle than usual (i.e. it has reduced magnification), and thereby makes life
easier on eyeglass-wearers. Nikon made both a regular and a high-eyepoint
("HP") prism for the F3 - the screen image in the HP finder is smaller.
Of course in an SLR the utility of a high-eyepoint finder stops there - it
works the same with lenses of any focal length. Because the image
magnification is independent of focal length on a rangefinder, a lower
magnification finder makes it easier to see wide-angle frames.
The 0.58 finder on the new M6 is aimed specifically at users of 28/35/50
lenses, so I bet it's going to be a very natural fit with the new Tri-Elmar.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brougham [mailto:brougham3@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 11:54 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] high-eyepoint?
>
>
>Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com> wrote:
>
>> But as I understand it, that's not the point of the .58 - it's the
>> "high-eyepoint" Leica everyone's been yelling for.
>
>What exactly does high-eyepoint mean?
>
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