please help my scratched glasses

[model337]

i have been shooting with a Zeiss Ikon for 5 months now. i absolutely love it. my problem is that i wear glasses and every time i put my eye up to the camera it scratches my right-eye lens in the same place. i'm almost positive i had "scratch-proofing" put on these pair of glasses when i purchased them but it's apparently not enough.

help! please give me advice. it's getting difficult to see out of the top left corner of my right lens. what are my options? this was never an issue i even remotely considered when purchasing the camera. thanks in advance.

 

[MickH]

There is a very brief thread on Diopters here.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54361

It should be enough to get your ball rolling.

Cheers.

 

[MickH]

..and another one here:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53186&

Good luck

 

[ChrisN]

I've got the plastic ring from DAG on two Ms - crazy price but they work to save the glasses from scratches.


Edit for typo.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I needed a rubber ring to repair an old Apple printer and found just the right sort at the local fishing shop.

I'm sure it's the same size as the Zeiss viewfinder and would glue on real easy.

It was so inexpensive that the guy didn't even charge me for it.

 

[Bill58]

NOW I know why my left eyeglass (left-eyed/ handed) is scratched!!!!!! Honestly, I've been perplexed about it for months.

 

[VictorM.]

I glued a rubber o-ring (easy to find at hardware stores) to the eyepiece of my M2. For my M4-2, I cut a donut out of the material Jon Goodman supplies with his seal kits.

 

[payasam]

This business of scratched eye-glasses foxed me until I realised that I've only ever worn spectacles with glass lenses.

 

[furcafe]

In my experience, the stick-on rings sold by Gandy through Cameraquest are the best of their kind because the glue is more durable than that used on the Aki-Asahi version & they have a smooth surface whereas the Aki-Asahi suede can retain grit & dirt. That said, the Aki-Asahi rings are much cheaper & therefore easier to replace when they fall off.

I have the same problem with all of my cameras. I put the donut that Aki-Asahi sells on my rangefinders and they have done the trick. DAG sells a plastic covering and so does Leica-goodies, but the suede ones from Aki-Asahi are the best.

Patrick

 

[Dogman]

All my current cameras have rubber eyepieces, including my two M6's. I had a recent involvement with Kiev rangefinders that resulted in a decidedly nasty spot rubbed into right eyeglass lens. It is too late to prevent what's done but I prevented any further scratching by globbing on some liquid electrical tape around the eyepieces of the offending cameras. (I later discovered I really could see better through the Kievs when I took off my glasses.)

By the way, plastic lenses scratch much more easily than glass. When I used glass lens eyeglasses, I could use Nikon F's and older Leicas daily for over a year before getting any abrasion. Now that I use plastic lenses, scratches seem to appear without any cause.