[Leica] M viewfinder "demagnifier"

[pbjbike at yahoo.com (Patrick Jelliffe)]

I haven't used the MAP camera "minifier", but have used their 1.35X 
magnifier.  Better build quality than the Leica 1.25X magnifier, and has 
built in diopter adjustment.  The only downside is that the diameter of the 
eyepiece is rather small and might not work for glasses wearers, and it is 
has no rubber bumper.  One would hope the minifier would not have this 
problem.
 
 Cheers

"Klein, Peter A" <kleinp@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote: Not sure what you would call 
it:  A minifier, demagnifier, reducer, or
what.  But it looks like the opposite of the M magnifier.  It reduces
the magnification 0.85x.  So a .72x finder would become a .61x finder,
fairly close to the .58x "a la carte" M finder.  A  .85x finder would
become the standard .72x.
 
http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=111
 
This looks like something I've wanted for a long time--a way to
demagnify the .72x viewfinder so I can see the entire 35mm frame
comfortably with glasses.  You have to order it from Japan, but they
take your credit card and offer prices in several currencies.
 
Has anybody used this device?  If so, how well does it work?  Does it
have a rubber eyepiece so it won't scratch glasses?  The picture seems
to show a ring with spanner wrench slots, so maybe not  :-(  Then the
question is whether the eye relief is enough for  one of Stephen Gandy's
vinyl stick-on eyepiece "doughnuts."

Note that this site also lists a couple of M magnifiers, but those pages
are clearly marked with a notice that due to Leica patent restrictions,
they won't sell the magnifiers to the U.S. or Germany.  No such
restrictions are noted for the DE-magnifier.

And they say that on May 8 they will make available a 1.35x magnifier
for the Bessa R, Epson RD-1 and Nikon D70, D50, D2X. 
 
--Peter


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