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Re: [OM] bad eye site and correct focus...

Subject: Re: [OM] bad eye site and correct focus...
From: "Chris O'Neill" <coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:29:01 -0600
On 10 May 2001, at 20:35, Ray Moth wrote:

> don't think that's right. AFAIK, your eye has to focus on the image formed
> on a ground glass screen. This is normally at an optical distance of about
> 2 metres (I think) from the eye....

That's one helluva loooooong viewfinder!  :-)  I think you meant 2 
centimenters ('bout an inch) instead of 2 meters ('bout 7 feet)...  right?  
<Grin!>

> The best way to set a variable dipotric lens is
> to rototate until the engravings on the focussing screen are clear,
> *without* a lens attached to the camera! 

What I did with my OM-4 was remove the lens and then use the 
viewfinder display.  Same thing, I think?

Regards,

Chris

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Chris O'Neill (coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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