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Old 08/11/06, 03:56 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Default Re: Magnifier for R8/R9

I received mine yesterday and as others have noted it is nicely made and fitting is not a real problem - just a few moments with the small wrench and you all set.

However, just a caution to some.

Due to my eysight, I have always had the diopter adjustment at maximum negative on my camera. This works fine and I have a sharp viewfinder without my glasses. When I installed the magnifier there was not sufficient adjustment left to bring the field into correct sharpness. Apparently you need to have a range of adjustment remaining on the built-in diopter to insure correct sharpness and there is none left if you are at the camera's built in limits. (May also affect the + side as well?)

So mine will be going back. Quite dissappointed but not angry at Brightscreen, it is perhaps something that they cannot fix given that you are adding a second set of optics on top of the built-in diopter. I will be calling tommorow to see if this is a recognized problem or perhaps somehow unique to the one I received - though from the simplicity of construction I can't imagine how it could be out of adjustment.
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