Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] Eyepiece magnifier
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon Jul 23 08:48:11 2007
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OK, I just hauled out my sadly neglected M6. With my specs on and the  
standard 0.72 viewfinder the 35mm frames are at the extremes of my  
view without moving my eye around and also coincide with the extreme  
edges of the viewfinder window, that is to say, outside the 35mm  
framelines is black. I can only see the 28mm framelines by moving my  
eye around and, depending on how the framelines are moved by the  
parallax correction mechanism, the position of some framelines  
extends beyond the extreme edges of the viewfinder window, that is to  
say, what I see through the viewfinder is less than that bounded by  
the 28mm framelines.

With the 0.85 magnifier fitted nothing effectively changes for me.  
The view has slight barrel distortion and, perhaps because the device  
pushes the eye another 6mm or so further from the viewfinder, what I  
see is exactly as described above but a bit smaller. The 35mm  
framelines are still all I can see without moving my eye.
Frank

On 23 Jul, 2007, at 14:37, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Frank.. if you had an M6/M7, what is the field of view like in the  
> extremes
> of the VF with the most WA frame line?  Can you see those lines  
> easily?
>
> ( no M8 here.....)
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Frank Dernie
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:24 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Eyepiece magnifier
>
> Hi Frank,
> it screws into the eyepiece securely. I wanted it to see the 24mm
> framelines on my M8 when wearing specs for this it is OK. The only
> problem is that there is no cushioning so scratching the lenses of my
> specs on the hard metal is practically guaranteed.
> Frank
>
> On 23 Jul, 2007, at 14:04, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> Frank... I was looking for an opinion on the .8 model....
>>
>> Is eye relief an issue?  With glasses?
>> Does the thing stay mounted to the eyepiece or does it have a
>> tendency to
>> come off?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>> I haven't used the real Leica ones but I bought the 1.25 and 0.8 ones
>> from Hong Kong and they are OK IMO.
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
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