North Posted June 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone got experience and have a solution to how to best choose a modern M camera and use it if you got problems with double vision? I got operated in both eyes a year ago. Afterwards I was expected to have good vision at long distance but need glasses at short distance. Due to complications I now see great at about 0.5 m with glasses, but at a distance my visions is sharp but with very strong double vision on both eyes (about one little finger thickness displacement at an arms length). So long story short, I have serious problems focusing my M9 both with and without glasses. Have tried one dioptri correction on the eye piece without much help. Any suggestions? I love my rangefinder M9 and am not very keen on using autofocus. I might consider a M10 if the viewer is better and if focus peeking may help, especially in low light situations. Regards, Magnus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simon Posted June 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2017 What's it like if you close one eye when looking through the viewfinder? Does that help? If not, I'd say focus peaking will be your best bet. That's really unfortunate that your surgery didn't work out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted June 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2017 As you mentioned that you can see perfectly at 0.5m, then a mirrorless camera might suit your purpose, using the rear screen and focus peaking. An M240 would work, but there are plenty to choose from in the mirrorless world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico1974 Posted June 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2017 Very sorry to read about your vision issues. If you want to keep using the rangefinder then I doubt that you will notice a difference with the M10 however I would definitely try out the Visoflex with Live View on the M10 - this has an adjustable diopter and may work for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2017 It is unfortunately a fact of life that one needs reasonable and correctable vision to be able to use a rangefinder camera. I fear that you will have to look at mirrorless AF cameras. The most obvious choice is the SL ,but the Sony, Fuji and Panasonic/Olympus systems are viable options as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soden Posted June 18, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 18, 2017 Take a look at Walter Leica eyepiece. Talk it over with your optometrist and get a prescription for your shooting eye. These are custom made to your prescription. And are designed to correct astigmatism as well. I had cataract surgery, these allow me to shoot with out glasses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted June 18, 2017 Share #7 Posted June 18, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Since you have good close up vision with spectacles, rather than using the rangefinder, try zone focusing using the lens distance scale. I often do this with good results. Learn to judge roughly the distance of your subject. You can set a smaller aperture, say f4-f8 for wider depth of field, therefore greater focusing accuracy. You can also set a higher iso to get a faster shutter speed with the smaller aperture. Learn to use the focus tab on your lens so you can focus by feel & without looking at the lens at all...remember - focus tab far left is close focus, directly down 90 degrees under the lens is distant & far right is really far (infinity). I admire your perseverance with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 18, 2017 Share #8 Posted June 18, 2017 That is indeed an option, but a rather unsatisfactory one. Why own -and pay for- a beautiful precise focusing system and be unable to use it? My very first box camera had a little lever with three positions, marked with a face, a little stick man and a mountain symbol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Spencer Posted June 18, 2017 Share #9 Posted June 18, 2017 I am sorry to hear about your vision problems. If you want to use your M lenses, then the SL will likely be your best choice. First, you will likely want an EVF (electronic viewfinder) camera. An EVF camera means that when you are looking at the viewfinder you are actually focussing on a close object. That seems essential in your case. The SL has the best EVF of any camera, so it ought to be your optimal solution. Second, the SL will work well with your M lenses. Many wider angle M lenses have difficulty with the thicker cover glass of the Sony, Fuji, Panasonic/Olympus cameras. So instead of an M10 I would get the SL. It ought to work better than any camera available for your situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJJon Posted June 18, 2017 Share #10 Posted June 18, 2017 I've been using my M10 with a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 focusing with the Visoflex 020. There is a little button on the front you push and it magnifies the image in the EVF with focus peaking. I have been enjoying using the EVF. I also do a lot of zone focusing without the EVF where I just use the VF to frame the shot. f/8 and be there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted June 23, 2017 Share #11 Posted June 23, 2017 SL & use with M lens adapter. Or buy the lenses made for it with AUTO FOCUS. Consider any camera with AF. If you can make double vision go away if you cover one eye, the SL will work. It probably will work since the virtual screen is close. Try any old reflex camera. If ok, rent a SL or go to a dealer. Astigmatism does not change close to far, so I doubt Wallner will work. Eye doc can advise. I assume you will get glasses if that were the fix. M10 & 240 have live view which is similar to SL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pope Posted June 23, 2017 Share #12 Posted June 23, 2017 Anyone got experience and have a solution to how to best choose a modern M camera and use it if you got problems with double vision? I got operated in both eyes a year ago. Afterwards I was expected to have good vision at long distance but need glasses at short distance. Due to complications I now see great at about 0.5 m with glasses, but at a distance my visions is sharp but with very strong double vision on both eyes (about one little finger thickness displacement at an arms length). So long story short, I have serious problems focusing my M9 both with and without glasses. Have tried one dioptri correction on the eye piece without much help. Any suggestions? I love my rangefinder M9 and am not very keen on using autofocus. I might consider a M10 if the viewer is better and if focus peeking may help, especially in low light situations. Regards, Magnus Hi Magnus, whilst it may not help with your photographic predicament, I was wondering whether you have seen an orthoptist? My wife had quite severe double vision following surgery for a detached retina. The orthoptist was able to correct the double vision with a very simple solution: a fresnel lens that is applied to one spectacle lens. It may also help with the photography. Anyway, good luck with finding a solution. Best wishes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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