Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just recieved my x1.25 and x0.85 magnifiers - Leica clones, made in HK. I do not own and have never seen the original one by Leica, no cannot compare directly, however jst my personal opinion; Well made, tough feeling overall. Optics appears to be clear and coated. What bothers me is that there is very short threading in my M6 eyepiece so the magnifier is hard to fit on threading, and once done there is very short move to fix in (about half revolution or even less). That doesn't feel reassuring I suspect the maginfier can be prone to be lost because of that. I'd like to hear user's opinion about both Leica original and HK magnifiers - do you also experience the issue of such loosy mount into the eyepiece ? (well, once fixed it doesn't wobble, but such short threading makes me a bit nervious...) Is that OK ? Recently I acquired a softie and it apparently came loose in the release button also due to very short threading and got lost withint just over 1 week or being on the camera. This is why my suspicion has raised regarding the magnifier... Regards, Alex