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 12:24:24 2007
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Yes, I think the 0.8 was a waste for me. I bought them both together  
from Hong Kong.
Frank

On 23 Jul, 2007, at 19:37, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Hey, Frank..... sounds like getting the .8 magnifier is a waste of $ 
> $$?  At
> least this is what I read into your comments on visibility.....
>
> I think there is little disagreement over  the useability of the 1.25
> magnifier.. it is the .8 that seems a bit harder to nail down....
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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