R2A and glasses...need definitive answer plz

[pesphoto]

HI , I have a chance to buy an R2A at a pretty good price. I wear glasses, not very thick.........
Ive done a rff search and there are a multitude of opinions and thoughts but I need to know for sure......

....I use a 35mm lens a lot....will I be able to see the 35mm framelines ok?

 

[rbiemer]

"Definitive" answer would be for you to try it since your prescription is likely to be different from mine. But, I wear glasses for far-sightedness and astigmatism and the are fairly thick and I can see the 35 frame lines of my R2a pretty well; I can see three(top, bottom, and one side) of 'em with out moving my eye and the fourth requires me to shift my eye a very small amount.
By way of comparison: with the Canon P, a camera that I loved other wise, I couldn't see any of the 35 lines with out moving enough that I would lose the RF patch.
Rob

 

[aizan]

you should just be able to see the 35mm framelines, but not much space will be around it (only annoying at infinity).

 

[Thardy]

The 35mm lines are quite wide in the VF, and it's a little hard to see both (left and right) at the same time with glasses on, and just a little easier with my glasses off.

Like Rob Biemer above I have to do the eye shift maneuver to see all of the lines.

 

[pesphoto]

thanks for the answers...

 

[pauluy]

I use an R2M with glasses. I'm near sighted and I don't have problems seeing the frame lines.