diopters ?

[back alley]

how can i tell what diopter i need?
i'm finding that the evf in my x-p1 always seems a bit fuzzy even when in perfect focus...on the x-e1 i can use the built in diopter correction and that solves the problem.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Joe, go to your local optician and ask them to let you look through different diopter test lenses. Once you find one that makes things clear, order that diopter in one the round ones meant for Nikon or the Voigtlander R cameras.

 

[back alley]

look through them while being held up to the camera?
i wear glasses normally, even when i shoot...

 

[GaryLH]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124970

Check this thread out. Also not all diopters may be equal it appears, just because it is a +1 and it fits correctly on the Fuji, it may not wrk right. It depends on what the manufacturer decides about base. For example was base -1 or 0, if I understand the info that others have presented about this in other forum threads. Originally Fuji did not even sell diopters for their own camera.. I guess due to complaints, they started during the later part of this year.

Look at last paragraph of post 8.

Gary

 

[Bike Tourist]

i wear glasses normally, even when i shoot...

Wouldn't you either wear glasses with standard viewfinder or take them off and use a corrective diopter?

I have tried wearing glasses to photograph and it has always been uncomfortable. With a corrective diopter everything is crystal clear and there are no issues of seeing the entire frame.

Usually the viewing distance for the camera's viewfinder (sometimes they publish the figure, sometimes they don't) is around one meter, so you need to learn what lens correction you need to view somrthing at one meter's distance.

 

[back alley]

i can't see the camera controls w/o my glasses...the evf is fuzzy even with my glasses.

 

[DtheG]

i can't see the camera controls w/o my glasses...the evf is fuzzy even with my glasses.

If you need reading glasses to see the camera controls then that is why the evf is fuzzy as it will be set for a more distant focus.

 

[Bike Tourist]

Yeah, I usually carry my glasses to use if I have to read the menu to make adjustments — those that don't appear in the viewfinder. Some controls, of course, I know by feel or memory. I never appreciated my eyesight until it became a little defective!