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Re: [OM] high eyepoint?

Subject: Re: [OM] high eyepoint?
From: Lars Haven <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:06:04 +0200
Damon S Raphael (W7MD) wrote:
> 
> I have the same astigmatism problem.. That is why I prefer to wear my
> glasses which I push up tight aginst my finder.  I do sometimes use an
> eyecup but the silicon rubber is highly abrasive.  I have ruined several
> pairs of glasses this way..rubbing off the coatings but the damage to my
> glasses is worse when I do not use the eyecup.  The main problem with the
> eyecup when wearing glasses is that the thickness of the rubber keeps my eye
> even farther backward aand makes it still harder to view the image corners.
> .  Lately, I have been using the built in correction on the OM4T which is
> not quite negative dioptar enough and putting up with blurry astigmatized
> (is that a real word?) image.
> --Damon
> 
As a fellow atigmatic (?), I can recommend contact lenses for a great
view of the viewfinder. Only problem is that the contact lens can get
out of alignment once in a while - and of course the cost.

Regards
Lars
-- 
Lars Haven  <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://isa.dknet.dk/~lhaven
"When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
                                                    D. Diderot

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