Leica M EV1 and eye relief / eye point

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I love the Leica M, including the rangefinder experience. Like for many users with ageing eyes, the rangefinder patch has become a little more challenging, but that is partly offset by experience. My bigger issue now with larger eyeglasses is eye relief. I lost the 28mm frameline visiiblity with my previous eyeglasses, and now the 35mm framelines (though I can peer around to see them quickly one by one) are not in view. The 50mm framelines remain clear. OK, so I have options - OVF attachments, the EVF, etc.

I read on the tech specs that the M EV1 has an eyepoint of 20.75mm, which doesn't sound that great (especially as I am a left eye user anyway). 

Perhaps the experience of the M EV1 for eyeglass wearers is the same as for the Q/2/3 (which I don't have). 

Eye point / eye relief is going to be a key factor for me in considering the M EV1. My fear here is that Leica missed a (maybe small) part of the market segment for this camera by not making eye relief a design priority - as there are mirrorless cameras with eye point as good as 25mm on the market.

I look forward to M EV1 users with eyeglasses feedback in due course. Thank you.

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Does the diopter range miss the target audience ?

-4 / +2 is similar to the visoflex, which I already have cranked up near the +2 end for reading glasses ( long sighted, as are 30% of adults rising to 50% with age )