Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049