m3 view for glasses wearers?

[mooge]

Terve!

what's it look like down a M3's viewfinder for you glasses wearers?
how visible is the 50 frame, is there any space...
is it like the 35 frame of a M4-P?

cheers...

 

[maddoc]

Quite exactly the same (at least for me). I had the M4-P and M3 for some time in parallel, the 50mm frame-lines of the M3 are as difficult to see as the 35mm of the M4-P when wearing glasses.

I have sold the M3 since then and now use a 1.25x Leica magnifier with the M4-P and M7 (both 0.72x) for precise focusing only (dim light).

 

[hans voralberg]

I find it perfectly fine, I can see the whole 50mm frameline and can see more if I scan my eyes around a tiny bit.

 

[jmcd]

I can see just beyond the 50 frame lines on the M3 with my specs, this looking straight on without peeking around—very nice, indeed!

 

[BTMarcais]

I definitely have to scan some with mine, but you get used to it.
It hasn't really been a big deal for me.
-Brian

 

[sanmich]

I wear glasses, and I feel the M3 is a bit of a strech for 50.
Not impossible but I feel more comfortable with the M2+50.

 

[former member]

The eye-relief of the Single Stroke M3 is better than the Double-Stroke M3.

 

[sanmich]

The eye-relief of the Single Stroke M3 is better than the Double-Stroke M3.

Is that so??

First time heard that...
Is there something to do with the (three??) successive RF designs?

 

[former member]

Probably so: I suspect the larger diameter eyepiece came in with the DOF marks being added. My 1957 DS has a slightly smaller diameter eyepiece than my 1960 Single Stroke. The eye-relief is good enough for my thick glasses on both, but the later camera offers even more. A good thing- it has been modified for 0.7m close-focus.

 

[marke]

DOF marks?

DOF marks?

I've heard of these DOF marks before, but never quite understood what I'm looking for. I have a 1958 SS M3, but I can't make anything out that would be used for estimating DOF.

I can just barely see all four side of the 50mm brighlines with my thick eyeglasses. It's fine for me.

Probably so: I suspect the larger diameter eyepiece came in with the DOF marks being added. My 1957 DS has a slightly smaller diameter eyepiece than my 1960 Single Stroke. The eye-relief is good enough for my thick glasses on both, but the later camera offers even more. A good thing- it has been modified for 0.7m close-focus.

 

[mooge]

thanks guys!

less eye relief on the M3 DS? uh-oh... I just found a M3, double stroke of course, that I *might* even be able to afford... ah, maybe not, 'speeds off' is not broken enough, perhaps!

doesn't the eyepiece something unscrew though?

cheers!

 

[marke]

Speaking of eyeglasses and the M3

Speaking of eyeglasses and the M3

One thing I didn't care for on my M3 was the metal ring on the viewfinder. I was trying to look for different things to apply to the outside of the ring so as not to scratch my eyeglasses. I had heard that some of those colored rubber rings for key idenetifiers would fit. They do, but rather loosely. I was about to try some liquid rubber, when I sudduenely realised that Leica actually makes a piece just for this. Dond Goldberg (DAG) has them for $15, and they snap on nice an tight. Now my M3 is just as eyeglass friendly as my MP!

 

[joebt]

I have no trouble at all seeing the entire frame with my M3 DS. Wearing glasses in no way impacts my ability to enjoy the view. I also have M6TTLs 0.72 & 0.85 and I still prefer the M3 viewfinder.

 

[LChanyungco]

Same here... for 50mm haven't seen anything that beats an M3. With a .72 finder its easy to see why some people think that a 50mm is like a short tele. I don't wear glasses though...

I have no trouble at all seeing the entire frame with my M3 DS. Wearing glasses in no way impacts my ability to enjoy the view. I also have M6TTLs 0.72 & 0.85 and I still prefer the M3 viewfinder.

 

[tpaana]

m3 view for glasses wearers

m3 view for glasses wearers

I have thick glasses, so I have to scan around a bit to see the framelines. But the VF on my M3 DS beats the .72 VF on my M6 anyday when using a 50mm lens.

 

[mooge]

hmm... I was thinking I'd get a M2 (if I had the $$$!) because of the room around the frame.

but they're all out of my reach for now... grr...

 

[akiralx]

I put the diopter I already had onto my M3 (nice that a 2007 accessory screws perfectly into a 1960 body) so that I can shoot without glasses and get my eye close to enjoy the VF. Plus I don't scratch the lenses.

 

[Acliff]

I have quite bad eyesight, and I found that with m3 and m2 I couldn't see the whole frame without peering towards the corners.

As I like to shoot with a 50mm, I reckon for me the m2 is better for visualisation. I currently have a washer attached to the viewfinder ring, I'm wondering if I attached something thinner, that would assist with the view.