Ingenius DIY idea

[henry_ting2]

While I was in Shanghai a few months ago, I met a few local LUGs. One

fellow in his 60s wearing a pair of very thick spectacles caught my

eye while he was using a 28mm on an M6 .72. I was curious because I

too wear glasses and have a PITA problem of eye-relief even with the

35mm Cron. I asked him how in the world can he get used to such a

combination. He let me look thru his M6 and I was caught in total

awe, astonished by the eye-relief where not only could I see the

entire frame with glasses on, but I can actually see the entire view

without having to roll my eyeballs all over the place. Upon closer

examination, he had a eyepiece, similar to the 1.25x without the

protrusion. He told me, he grounded the lens with 2 concave elements

and since he owns an eyeglass shop, he did it himself. He told me,

this lens will not cover any angle wider than the primary .72, but it

will shrink the view, giving a higher eye relief if one wears glasses

on top of trying to use the wider-angle lens.

Amazing with all the resources from Leica, you would have thought

they would come up with such an accessory...hmmmm, perhaps they did

with the +1.25x magnifier, but not the de-magnifier which would be

detrimental to the sales of their .58 Ms.

Anyway, my hats off to this ingenius Leica innovator and is keeping

close contact with him to see if there is a possbility of marketing

this little lens.

[wp_cheng]

What a brilliant idea! I just wonder whether something similar can be done to increase magnification, then we don't need the bulging 1.25X magnifier.

[charles barcellona www.bl]

WP...

 

As Montgomery Scott once said "Cap'n... You just can't mix matter and antimatter, it canna be done!"

 

Similarly the viewfinder magnification adheres to its own set of rules.

[henry_ting2]

Charles have a point. Our normal tele-lens, being magnifiers in principal are always physically longer than the wideangles. That might explain why the 1.25X magnifier has a protrusion. With that in mind, I have no idea how the gentleman's "demagnifier" achieves the opposite effect (as in our wideangle lens). I'll find out and meantime we can all brainstorm on this idea.

[phil_kneen4]

collector-fondler-leica as jewelry

 

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