OMG I've just had the most amazing Leica moment

[Guest]

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Mind you, I'm in the same boat: got reading glasses right before turning 50 and no glasses on the street yet.

 

= diopters + red, green, blue, yellow nail-polish dots on the apperture and time setting dials etc.

 

Good thing the T model's around at last.

 

Though it should not be much of a surprise, since many golden agers with a bad back buy sports cars with hard suspensions and sit not much over one foot above the street level . Many of those who don't, simply can't afford one (again, me included).

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[Guest JonathanP]

Disposable contact lenses.

I have one in my right eye which is exactly correct for shooting with a Leica rangefinder, and the one in my left eye is perfect for reading (including the Leica dials etc.).

 

+1

 

Exactly what I do for weekends/holidays - I can see the 28mm framelines, instead of not quite the 35mm ones when I have my varifocals on. I have astigmatism but only have that corrected in the right hand contact lens, the left "reading" eye gets away without it and saves some cost on the lenses. My optician advised me that varifocal+astig corrected contacts aren't that great, and recommended I try the left/right split first.

 

I don't wear them everyday however, as for all-day-long computer usage I prefer glasses with mid-range correction, swapping to the varifocals for other uses.

 

It is nice getting the full viewfinder experience when I have the contacts in though

[tobey bilek]

Magnifiers 1.25 and 1.4 are not made to correct problems. All they are supposed to do is make the viewfinder image larger. They do this well. And they make focusing easier because of the larger image. Ask anyone who had an M3.

 

Diopters are to make up for vision deficiencies. If they do not work for you, you are using the wrong value diopter. As we age, the lens of your eye loses the ability to focus so we need some + correction for close distance only. If nearsighted, that means a bifocal or progressive with less - correction for close in the lower portion. Or add some + in the camera for to counteract the excessive minus the glasses have for distance .

 

If farsighted, more + is required for closeup. Put it in the camera or in the glasses, it matters not.

 

My computer glasses work because they are set for arms length through the top.

A bifocal or progressive will require the head be tilted way back to use the lower portion and it will be most uncomfortable.

[jaapv]

To add, diopters will not help either if the problem (or part of it) is astigmatism.

In that case only glasses or the WalterRXeyepiece will be a solution.

 

http://lavidaleica.com/content/walter-rx-eyepiece

[Jeff S]

And if astigmatism is a problem, one will likely still need corrective glasses (or contacts) to clearly see subjects at a distance. I'd rather just wear my glasses and be done (and that's what I do).

 

Jeff

[jip]

I've got glasses, and hate using glasses with the camera... so got contact lenses for photographing... so now 60% of the time I wear contacts, and 40% of the time I wear my glasses.... when I wear glasses I only shoot 50mm or longer, because I can't see the framelines. Maybe some time I'll let them 'laser' my eyes... but I am kind of scared haha

[Jeff S]

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when I wear glasses I only shoot 50mm or longer, because I can't see the framelines.

 

Have you tried some light, flexible frames, with good glass that can often be thinner? I can push mine against the eyepiece without problem….and see wider frame lines...but of course our prescriptions may vary greatly.

 

Jeff

[CaptZoom]

[mention=2725554]Jeff S[/mention] can you recommend a frame? I like thick non-metal frames, but am open it metal ones if they help shooting with a M9.

[Jeff S]

Best to stop by your local optician and experiment….bring your camera. There are loads of options these days.

 

Jeff

[rodluvan]

you don't find it a bit disconcerting when being able to focus on static objects is considered to be an 'amazing leica moment'?

[Rick]

I'm with Jono. I have a right contact for distance. My left contact is corrected to an equivalent end result of a +1.50 reading glass. The fine point is that the distance contact can not be overcorrected with minus power, or a diopter will be needed especially for near subjects, that place more accommodative demand on the eye than distance subjects.

 

Next choice, and a good one, is a progressive spectacle lens.

 

In the end, like all vision correction choices for the presbyope; every choice is both personal and a compromise, and none are better than the OEM.

[algrove]

I correct for my shooting eye and let the other one go to hell.

[Rick]

I correct for my shooting eye and let the other one go to hell.

 

The one-eyed man is King among the blind.