Re: [Leica] M6 0.85 & glasses

[Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil]

     This would also be my primary concern (as an eyeglasses wearer).  With 
     the 85% M6, will the 35mm frame be as unseeable to "four eyes" like me 
     as the 28mm frame is with the current M6?  At this late date, and with 
     eyewear so ubiquitous, such shortcomings would seem incomprehensible, 
     yet they nevertheless exist.

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Subject: [Leica] M6 0.85 & glasses
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date:    1/6/98 7:40 PM


Dear LUGers,
     
the possibility to have a bigger viewfinder image with the 
new 0.85 viewfinder sounded great to me. I have no 28mm 
Leica lens, only an old Isco -Westron and the 35 is my
favorite focal length. (I have both a Summaron and Summicron). 
But another important point is: With my current M6, I can
see the whole 35mm frame with my glasses on. When I
switch to the 28mm frame, I have to take off my glasses to
see the entire frame. Of course, I prefer taking pictures with 
the glasses on. I guess, (and maybe someone with an M6J or
one of the first M6-0.85 can confirm) that the 0.85 rangefinder 
will not allow to see the whole 35mm frame, which is the outermost 
then, when you wear glasses. I will try this, as soon as the 
M6-0.85 is available in the shops. If it does not work, for people
with glasses the current viewfinder might be better even when you  don't use the
28mm frame.
     
Gerd