Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the heads up on this. I was very tempted to get a .85 eyepiece. s.d. On Jul 23, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Frank Dernie wrote: > Yes, I think the 0.8 was a waste for me. I bought them both > together from Hong Kong. > Frank > > On 23 Jul, 2007, at 19:37, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Hey, Frank..... sounds like getting the .8 magnifier is a waste of >> $$$? At >> least this is what I read into your comments on visibility..... >> >> I think there is little disagreement over the useability of the 1.25 >> magnifier.. it is the .8 that seems a bit harder to nail down.... >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> OK, I just hauled out my sadly neglected M6. With my specs on and the >> standard 0.72 viewfinder the 35mm frames are at the extremes of my >> view without moving my eye around and also coincide with the extreme >> edges of the viewfinder window, that is to say, outside the 35mm >> framelines is black. I can only see the 28mm framelines by moving my >> eye around and, depending on how the framelines are moved by the >> parallax correction mechanism, the position of some framelines >> extends beyond the extreme edges of the viewfinder window, that is to >> say, what I see through the viewfinder is less than that bounded by >> the 28mm framelines. >> >> With the 0.85 magnifier fitted nothing effectively changes for me. >> The view has slight barrel distortion and, perhaps because the device >> pushes the eye another 6mm or so further from the viewfinder, what I >> see is exactly as described above but a bit smaller. The 35mm >> framelines are still all I can see without moving my eye. >> Frank >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information