[Leica] Vision problems, the saga continues

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

It's a good thought, Jay. But that's not what they told me.  I called 
them a month or two ago, and they said that they only had a +2.0, which 
is way too much. Anything else, I'd have to order through them, as they 
didn't normally stock them. I'm pretty sure I need either a +0.5 or a 
-0.5, but I don't know which without trying.  What I'll probably do is 
go to the the drug store with the M8 and mess with the reading glasses. 
I believe they have +0.5 readers, and if that goes in the wrong 
direction, I can infer the minus.  Or go to a local optometrist, or ask 
my regular eye doc if he'll give me a couple of minutes with his trial 
diopter lenses when I have my next appointment.  I just don't want to 
order an expensive Leica diopter blind.

--Peter


 > Peter, why can't you try them locally?
 > When I was looking for one, Glazer's had several in stock and I was told
 > they normally stock them.
 >
 > Jay
 >
 > On 5/24/2014 1:09 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
 > > What's maddening is that I know I can get the viewfinder right. I 
can do
 > > it with the little Megaperls 1.15x magnifier, which has an adjustable
 > > diopter (unfortunately, it's not calibrated).  But I can't use it for
 > > real shooting with glasses, because it has insufficient eye relief to
 > > see the full normal lens frame, and the metal eyepiece with fingernail
 > > notches (for focusing) will scratch my glasses. Leica diopters have 
flat
 > > metal eyepieces, and I can't try them locally, so I have no idea what
 > > the eye relief will be or if glueing felt on them would work for me.