Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/21
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At 9:18 PM +0000 12/21/00, Jem Kime wrote:
>Henning,
>Last year I worked with a new cameraman (video photography) for the first
>time.
>Half way through the morning I noticed he had an interesting glasses
>arrangement. He kept one lens in for far sight but for the close up viewing
>of the eyepiece on the camera he'd 'emptied' his glasses of the element for
>that eye. Very clever thought I...
>
>After lunch he told me he was concerened about the camera lens. It seemed
>to be out of kilter, perhaps the 'back focus' had gone on the zoom. Nothing
>seemed to look sharp anymore. I cautiously asked about his one eyed
>technique with his glasses and found he'd been unaware of losing the
>element earlier that day.
>
>Aaaarrrrgggghhhh...
>
>Jem
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Henning J. Wulff [SMTP:henningw@archiphoto.com]
>
>When I go skiing, I wear contacts, and it works well. When I go
>diving, I put in one contact, so that one eye can see closeup, and I
>can work the camera controls, and the other eye can see distance.
>Works wonderfully. Otherwise, I wear my glasses, except when I go to
>sleep. My dreams seem to be in sharp focus even without glasses.
>
>--
> * Henning J. Wulff
Well, when things go fuzzy or blurry on me, I know by now that the
problem usually lies close to home ;-)
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