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ruben
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Before entering this stuff surrounding camera diopters for eyeglass wearers, kindly let me recall a great thread for eyeglass wearers discussing change into contact lens, pros and cons, in which Posti Tuomo and others, gave a great input.
The only reason by now for which I have not changed into contact lenses is that I own two bifocal glasses, for which I paid some $400 and are still very much usable. But upon further degradation of my eyes, or the glasses being lost, I will give the contacts a good try.
Now, meanwhile, I would like to tell about a nice and much usefull idea I am applying for my Canonet. I have not checked it with other RFs, just because this is what I am actually using, but I guess it may work only by dedication, or to each rangefinder a different glass.
I happened to be in a big pharmacy with my Canonet, and saw a wide selection of reading glasses at some $30 per unit. I tested several while looking through the Canonet viewfinder to some 5 and 20 meters ahead, and picked up the fitting one.
It works very very good making a kind of diopter alternative for a camera witout diopter correction.
And what happens if I wear those glasses not at the moment of making a pic?
From 1 up to some 40 meters I do have a very reasonable sharpness, enabling me to walk around with them at shooting hours. At infinity sharpness decreases, but not when looking through the Canonet viewfinder.
It is my suspiction that the internal play of lenses of each RF compound combines differently with each personal eye problem, and glass to wear.
Cheers,
Ruben
The only reason by now for which I have not changed into contact lenses is that I own two bifocal glasses, for which I paid some $400 and are still very much usable. But upon further degradation of my eyes, or the glasses being lost, I will give the contacts a good try.
Now, meanwhile, I would like to tell about a nice and much usefull idea I am applying for my Canonet. I have not checked it with other RFs, just because this is what I am actually using, but I guess it may work only by dedication, or to each rangefinder a different glass.
I happened to be in a big pharmacy with my Canonet, and saw a wide selection of reading glasses at some $30 per unit. I tested several while looking through the Canonet viewfinder to some 5 and 20 meters ahead, and picked up the fitting one.
It works very very good making a kind of diopter alternative for a camera witout diopter correction.
And what happens if I wear those glasses not at the moment of making a pic?
From 1 up to some 40 meters I do have a very reasonable sharpness, enabling me to walk around with them at shooting hours. At infinity sharpness decreases, but not when looking through the Canonet viewfinder.
It is my suspiction that the internal play of lenses of each RF compound combines differently with each personal eye problem, and glass to wear.
Cheers,
Ruben
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