Just a bit of historical interest. Back in the 1960's the thing to do
was have an Exacta rotating eyecup adapted to your camera. Not only did
it have a place for a diopter, but the diopter rotated with the eyecup
so you could have your optician make one with astigmatism correction for
you. It was more useful for the farsighted folks, however.
graywolf
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luben karavelov wrote:
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Had a special set of lenses made up for that without the variable
diopter.
Same here.
Things have gotten a little odd with my no-line glasses and cameras,
over the last months.
All my viewfinders are blurry unless I look into them from a distance of
about 3 to 4 inches. Sole exception: an old Kiev 60 prism that used to
be blurry before now is tack-sharp. The former one that worked well for
years now doesn't.
Now, with the LX's diopter correction set to '0', things are reasonably
sharp again from a normal viewing distance.
I take it normal camera viewfinders - the non-adjustable ones - do have
a slightly negative value as their standard setting.
Now, is there someone around here who can make any sense of all this?
Further info: I am far-sighted and my eyes have lost practically all of
their close-focussing ability over the last few years.
Ralf
With my MX I am using an eyepiece that has an option to put a lens in
it. Here is it:
http://static.flickr.com/27/64386373_2497575731_o.jpg
I do not know if it was designed for pentax viewfinder but it fits
nicely and helps me a lot in focusing.
luben
