Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R viewfinders and eyeglasses
From: InfinityDT@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:15:42 EDT

In a message dated 6/28/99 11:53:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
robslaurat@earthlink.net writes:

<< With all the recent talk of "starter" reflex cameras, I got to wondering 
which Leica
 R's had sufficient eye relief for an eyeglass wearer to see the entire 
frame.  I used
 to have a Nikon 8008 (no problem), N90s (no problem), FM2n (awful).  With 
the FM2n I >>

I've looked through pretty much all the R's and Flexes and I wear glasses and 
they all look about the same to me.  Not quite as much relief as the Nikon 
HP's but plenty adequate for me, plus the maginification is greater.  I agree 
about the FM2n.  My F, F2 and Nikkormat have better eye relief than the FM2n. 
 So does my latest aquisition, an FM10. 

DDT