Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, that's it! O-rings. Tina On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > I think you are referring to rubber O-rings. They can be had in various > diameters. > > I have also used adhesive-backed black felt, purchased at Wal-Mart. A > hole punch and scissors can shape a ring to be placed on the metal rim of > the finder. I have use this on my IIIf and various Leica auxiliary > finders. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M diopters (Myopia vs. Presbyopia) > > > You can go to Lowes or Home Depot and get little round rubber rings to put >> around the eyepiece. I think they are used for washers? >> >> Good luck! >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks for your thoughts, Sonny. My eyes lose horizontal alignment when I >>> look far to the right. It's called strabismus. Doing "monovision" (one >>> eye >>> distance, one eye near) is not a good idea, because it can make >>> strabismus >>> worse. This is why I need some horizontal prism to keep my eyes aligned >>> when looking to the right. I can get along fine without it for just >>> casual >>> walking around, but I need it to drive, or I start seeing two cars on my >>> right where only one is really there! Also, contacts don't do prism >>> correction, so I wouldn't be able to drive that way. >>> >>> * Using the Leica viewfinder bare-eyed, I see OK but not perfect. Add the >>> Megaperls magnifier w/diopter, and it's almost perfect. >>> * With the bifocal glasses, seeing out of the viewfinder is blurrier. If >>> I >>> could use the Megaperls, I would see just fine, but it would scratch my >>> glasses. >>> >>> Wearing my bifocals seem to be the best universal solution, at least with >>> a normal lens and longer. That is, if the Leica diopters have rubber and >>> not metal for the eyepiece. So I need a diopter with a rubber eyepiece if >>> I'm going to shoot the Leica with my glasses. Then I'll be able to see >>> the >>> controls. If I'm going to shoot bare-eyed, then I need some way to read >>> the controls. >>> >>> --Peter >>> >>> >>> Sonny wrote: >>> > When I had my cataract surgery, I had them do my left eye for distance >>> > vision and my right eye for close, as I shoot Leica with my left eye. >>> So I >>> > don't need glasses for most things. I do wear them for reading to > >>> fine >>> > tune. >>> > >>> > Why wouldn't one contact help you out? >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Question: Do the Leica diopters have a rubber eyepiece or a metal > >>> > one? >>> > > >>> > > Here's why I ask. Yesterday's shooting with my M8 brought home a >>> change. >>> > > I am no longer nearsighted in either eye, so briefly taking off my >>> glasses >>> > > to read the controls no longer works. For distance vision, my left >>> > > eye >>> ... blah blah blah etc.... >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>> more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> http://tina-manley.**artistwebsites.com<http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com