Cameras & Glasses

[ic-racer]

One reason I like the Rollei 35mm cameras is the adjustable diopter. I perfer to shoot without my glasses. Also, on 8x10 I take my glasses off, or look around them; since I'm nearsighted, I don't need a loupe.

I also modified one of my SL35M Rollei cameras (without the adjustable diopter) by using a Contax brand dioper I go off e-bay.

[tjaded]

So...am I the only glasses wearer to consider making my next pair of glasses out of an old pair of large format lenses?


Just kidding...I think...

[Steve Smith]

I was playing around with my Zorki 4 last weekend and wondered why the viewfinder was sometimes blurred and at other times, sharp. Later on I wondered what the little lever next to the rewind was and only found out by looking in the manual that it was the viewfinder focus adjustment!


Steve.

[bdial]

So...am I the only glasses wearer to consider making my next pair of glasses out of an old pair of large format lenses?

That could be very cool, in a steam-punk kind of way.

The glasses I want would have lenses with continually variable indices of refraction, so that I wouldn't have to deal with part of the lens that's good for close work (and never close enough) and part of it good for distance. The lens could just adjust to the requirement.

I know such stuff exists in research labs, but no one's doing it yet with a marketable product so far as I know.

As to the original topic, like most here, I just wear my glasses when using the camera, with the occasional exception of removing them to look at a LF GG.

[Dave in Kansas]

I have begun removing my glasses after focusing, to better see the entire frame. With my glasses on I can't easily see the full viewfinder and too often end up with less than ideal framing.

I always thought it would be interesting if glasses had round lenses that were threaded so on a hazy day you could screw in a couple of haze filters, and maybe a couple K2 or orange G filters on a foggy day. It would be real convenient if your glasses took the same size filters as your camera.

Dave