Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Tri-X and Diopters - no connection between the two...
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:36:28 -0400

Jim- if you like life at .5, you should try it at +1. At least based on my
experience at the optician - my diopter arrives tommorrow from Sherry - even
the difference between +.5 and +1 was night and day...But maybe it has to do
with my glasses' prescription...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 1998 11:55 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tri-X and Diopters - no connection between the
> two...
>
>
> My M6 viewfinder was not as sharp as I thought it should be. A +.5 diopter
> snapped it right in.
>
> JB
>
>
> At 02:29 AM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Well...Yesterday I got my glasses checked - they're fine. But what I also
> >did was hold one of the optician's +1 diopters between my
> glasses and the M
> >eye piece and...Wow! I would encourage anyone to try this before
> purchasing
> >an M6HM...Night and day. I suspect that the 28 frame lines would be
> >difficult to use, but the 35s were still okay. Try it...you 'll like it..
> >:-)
> BD
>