Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/03

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Subject: [Leica] Blad back: image sample: glasses for long sight
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:40:28 -0500
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> I find I can't focus with glasses; 4x5, 6x6, digital, whatever.
> I take a pair of half-cut reading glasses to read meters, f/stops, etc.
> I've tried them on cords around my neck (I think there are about 3 pairs
> in Yosemite Valley and more than that at various points along the CA
> coast.
> So now I leave them in my pocket and take them out when needed unless I
> get so wrapped up like Thursday...
> Lesson learned; never put the V lens on the orange F setting :-)
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com

Same with me Bob, I can't focus with the glasses on either, and that's
where these clic glasses really shine. They don't swing forward when you
lean forward as would glasses on cords.

Worth a try?

Alastair



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