I was thinking more of the opposite and just putting the reading glasses on and using the screen instead of having to take the reading glasses on and off constantly to go between the viewfinder and review screen. But I do understand the short arm issue very well.
-- Bruce On March 23, 2015 4:46:25 PM PDT, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >Well I got a wake-up call yesterday. >I haven't used the mirrorless Fuji A-1 since my cataract surgeries. >Now both eyes are 'fixed', but I can't see close-up or read newspapers, >without reading glasses! > >The Fuji A-1 still works fine, but has no viewfinder. >You do all your composition (and any manual focusing) on the rear >screen. >Unfortunately, my arms need to be about 6 inches longer to put the >rear screen in focus. >Not a problem with the K-3, but now I need glasses for the Fuji! >I don't think I'm gonna keep the Fuji A-1 or the Pentax K-01 (also no >viewfinder). >And chimping will be a problem on the K-3... > >Regards, Bob S. > >On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >wrote: >> Using a Pentax K-3 now along with a K-5IIs, a K-5, and a Fuji >> mirrorless A-1 (rarely). >> I had some minimal experience with my Dad's Kodak Retina IIIc and >fell >> in love with 35mm slides. >> I started with a new Pentax ME and got sucked into LBA by the line-up >> of M lenses. >> This list provided much enablement over the years and helped >explained >> how my Super Program worked. >> PZ-1, PZ-1p, ME Super, LX'en, then Pentax digital because I couldn't >> leave the lenses behind. >> The Fuji A-1 is a lovely LITTLE camera that I tried based on Brewer's >> and Cotty's testimonials. >> But I still can't leave my Pentax lenses behind. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:59 AM, Malcolm Smith ><[email protected]> wrote: >>> Following on from the previous thread, what make of camera do you >now use, >>> and has it changed over the years? >>> >>> From 1977 to 2014 I used almost exclusively Pentax equipment, >although I had >>> a brief and disappointing fling with an Olympus in the early 90s. I >still >>> use Pentax *most* of the time, but I now have a Canon camera as >well, which >>> serves a different purpose. >>> >>> Malcolm >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from Kaiten Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
