g1 with glasses?

[northeast16th]

i'm looking to get a g1 and will use it with the 45mm lens exclusively, but i'm wondering if wearing eyeglasses will make it hard to use the viewfinder. i know the finder adjusts to what lens you have on, so there are no framelines if i understand correctly.

anyone use this combo with eyeglasses have a problem getting a good view? i heard the finder is more dim, which i don't really care about, just as long as i can see the full frame.....

thanks a lot!

scott

 

[monochromejrnl]

i'm looking to get a g1 and will use it with the 45mm lens exclusively, but i'm wondering if wearing eyeglasses will make it hard to use the viewfinder. i know the finder adjusts to what lens you have on, so there are no framelines if i understand correctly.

anyone use this combo with eyeglasses have a problem getting a good view? i heard the finder is more dim, which i don't really care about, just as long as i can see the full frame.....

thanks a lot!

scott

I recently got a G1 with 45 planar and I am able to use the VF with glasses. The diopter adjustment comes in handy. Having said that the VF is a far cry from M, Bessa, HexarRF or other modern RF. My Olympus Trip 35 has a brighter finder.

Inspite of this glaring issue it's a fine camera at the current market price. I was looking for a fast, fixed lens (closest to normal as possible) with AF and aperture priority. The AF is a slow and noisy by Leica M standards, but it's usable and my first few rolls show that it's 'learnable'.

It won't ever replace my M3 or HexarRF but the lens is worth the G1's bodies/VFs shortcomings for my purposes.

Btw - my eyes are very bad - (-8.00 and -8.25 with severe astigmatism in both eyes).

 

[BTMarcais]

I never had a problem with mine.
-Brian