Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]--- Grduprey@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/1/2005 6:45:29 PM Central > Daylight Time, > summicron@bellsouth.net writes: > I was wondering what most folks use to keep from > scratching their eyeglasses > with the metal eyepiece of older M's > > > I am wondering about this also. I wonder if the M6 > Eyepiece would fit in > place of the older M eyepieces. Anybody tried this > yet? > > gene > A few years ago I had my M2 in for a CLA, and while it was being serviced I had the metal viewfinder eyepiece replaced with the M6 eyepiece. I think the additional cost was about $60, and I'm glad I did it. No further worries about scratched glasses. BTW, it's not that the plastic lenses are particularly fragile, it's that the coatings (esp. anti-reflective) are susceptible of being scratched. This can happen whether your lenses are glass, the most expensive Zeiss hi-index plastic lenses, or even cheapo government- issue VA nerd specs. PMCC SF, CA. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com