Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I need +.5 on my Nikons as well including the earliest Nikon F and FE. Interesting. Len On Nov 16, 2006, at 10:42 AM, telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Boy my eyes must be very strange. I need diopter correction for every >> SLR I own... But I don't need any correction when I use my M >> cameras. > > The apparent viewing distance on the M cameras is probably > different from > industry standard. I need a +0.5 diopter correction for my Nikons > and for > the SL2 and R4, but none for the SL or Leicaflex Standard. IIRC > (reaching > way back into the cobwebs) Leitz changed the apparent viewing > distance of > their SLR viewfinders between the SL and the SL2. The idea behind > the SL's > viewfinder was that it would be comfortable to use with older eyes, > while > the SL2 and later SLR viewfinder conformed to industry standards. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information