Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 w goggles on M6 (wasM6TTL desirable?)
From: Dave Richards <dprichards@uswest.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 20:30:50 -0600
 
>I wear glasses and use a M6 with 35 almost exclusively.  I had a hard
>time seeing the entire set of 35mm framelines.  It sounds like this
>goggle lens might help.  How big is it; where does it sit on the M6;
>are they still in production; what am I likely to have to pay for one?
>I also hear about these "brightline viewfinders" from time to time,
>but again, I've never seen one.  Is that another solution?  Where can
>I find the information?

I had the same problem.  I solved it by buying a correction eyepiece for
the M6 and a lanyard for my glasses.  The glasses come off when the camera
is at eye level and go back on when I lower the camera.

Works for me.

Dave