JSON Posted March 22, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 22, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi! New to the forum! I wear glasses and usually shoot with a 28mm lens and a 0.58x viewfinder. I'm thinking about purchasing the m typ 262, but I'm worried that the 0.68x viewfinder and a 28mm framelines wont be visible while wearing glasses. What do you do about not being able to see the framelines if you wear glasses and shoot with a 28mm or wider lens? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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a.noctilux Posted March 22, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 22, 2016 Welcome JSON. You have choices of solutions to use 0.68x finder with 28mm lens: - use correction lens screwed on the finder, just try in the shop - try an add-on 28mm finder - maybe by trying to use in real life, that's usable as is : my M262 finder is so nice and better than other Ms I have and the frame's brightness is tailored to the scene's brightness. or - if you failed the 28mm solutions, may I suggest that you go for a 35mm lens to begin a new love . Regards, Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSON Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted March 22, 2016 If you failed the 28mm solutions, may I suggest that you go for a 35mm lens to begin a new love . Ahaha!!! I was thinking about doing that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregm61 Posted March 22, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) Just like with the .72 finder bodies (M4-P and M6) the 28mm framelines in the M262 for me are pretty much useless, which may explain why I've never owned a 28mm M lens. 35mm Summicron ASPH and 21mm Elmarit ASPH are my two choices instead. My eyesight is bad enough diopters are pretty much a non-option for glasses. Edited March 22, 2016 by Gregm61 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchyman Posted March 23, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 23, 2016 For 28mm I use the Q I know, it's not quite the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 23, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 23, 2016 The top and bottom 28mm frame lines are visible with my glasses, along with one of the vertical frame lines, but it only needs a slight rotation of the head to check the other side. In reality you aren't missing much of the picture especially considering the lower right of the view is cut off anyway by a typical 28mm lens with hood. Long ago I got into the habit of checking the edges of the frame and you end up doing it quickly and instinctively. Besides which not all the images you make will prioritise the edges of the frame although I do like to use them to refine the composition if there is something of interest going on. Different glasses offer better or worse views, mine have flexible frames and varifocal lenses and are the best I've had for seeing the 28mm viewfinder. And at a real push can see all the frame lines in one go by pressing hard against the camera, but I wouldn't recommend it for a whole days shooting as it can get painful. Of the other options dioptres are possible but I find them a real annoyance because of the need to take my glasses off the put them on again. Auxiliary viewfinders are a natural alternative as for anything wider than a 28mm lens you would need one anyway, so why not just use one with the 28mm, like scanning around the edge of a frame you do get into a rhythm of focus and then compose. The M240 may have been a better choice as then you could have used an EVF, but the workarounds are nearly as good so don't sweat. So, learn to scan around the edge, flexible frames, and top off with a 28mm viewfinder for the 'belt-and-braces' approach to seeing 28mm frame lines. Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSON Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted March 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks Steve! That's some great advice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted March 23, 2016 Share #8 Posted March 23, 2016 Variables are the thickness of your glasses, flexibility of your frames, and how deepset your eyes are. The first two you have some control over, the idea being to get your eyeball as close to the finder as possible. I also find that if I look straight ahead through the dead center of the finder, my peripheral vision seems to pick up all the frame lines. The instant I scan, I lose one or more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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