Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Quick review of the HK made 0.85 VF Magnifier.
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Tue Oct 2 07:04:16 2007
References: <009401c80485$55e98d30$01bca790$@net>

Don't fret Frank, I lost mine the first time I took it out.
Chris


At 07:46 PM 10/1/2007, you wrote:
>I finally gave up trying to find out from others how this thing works.  I
>bought one.
>
>I wear glasses, and my objective was to get something that allows me to see
>the way out frames ( 28mm lines on a M6 .72) without getting as close to the
>VF with my glasses on.
>
>I own the Leica 1.25 Magnifier, and find it does a very nice job with my
>M6TTL .72 to help focus the longer lenses, especially when I am going to
>shoot wide open.
>
>It arrived nicely packaged in a plain ( read that as unpadded) manila
>envelope.  USPS did not mulch it up, so the packaging is sufficient.  The
>item was wrapped in some bubble pack and packaged inside its nicely made
>leather(ette?) case.  Production of the item was very nice.  It screws into
>the VF eyepiece very nicely, and seems to sit still.  Optically very nice.
>Clear and crisp.
>So now I actually look through it.....
>
>What you see when you put  the thing on the camera is that the through image
>appears smaller ( duh) and more like a .58 magnified view.  It seems to do
>NOTHING to allow you to see the edges of the frame lines, and in fact, since
>it projects from the rear of the camera, it puts your eye farther from the
>camera, which makes the frames lines HARDER to see.  So I took off my
>glasses.  No better.  In fact, without glasses, I was able to more easily
>see the 28 frame lines than with the magnifier on the camera.
>
>Bottom Line.... anyone want to purchase a very slightly used Kong Kong made
>0.85 eyepiece magnifier for an M?
>
>Waste of $50.
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
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Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York Presbyterian Hospital
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Quick review of the HK made 0.85 VF Magnifier.)