Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark E Davison wrote: > Just out of curiosity, why not put a diopter adapter on a .72 M6 and then shoot > without glasses? Wouldn't that be easier? I've tried that with another camera with an adjustable diopter. The answer is that it slows you down enormously. First you see what you want to shoot (with glasses on.) Then you have to take your glasses off to raise the camera to your eyes, focus and shoot. Okay for landscapes, but hopeless for street shooting, or candid family photographs. ===================================================================== Being short-sighted, I find the same thing. Although my R8 can give sufficient correction at -2 dioptres for my unaided eye, I find it more convenient and a lot quicker to keep my glasses on all the time. It's good that the R8's high eye-point viewfinder enables me to see all of the focusing screen and viewfinder displays with ease with my glasses on. Problem is, they have variable focus lenses (a bit like bifocals), so the positioning of the specs lens against the viewfinder is rather critical for me to be able to see clearly. I hate the things anyway, so I'll have to get some plain old "distance" glasses. Regards, ===== Ray "The trouble with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/