Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
I am the same way. I don't wear eyeglasses, but I just can't work comfortably with it all the time. Mine is in a pouch and will only get used in some situations. I don't find it a replacement for the regular cup. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 12:30:28 AM, you wrote: LK> On Tue, 13 Mar

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: >> How is it on eye-relief? I'd buy one if it doesn't >> make it harder to >> see the whole field of view with glasses on. > > Good question, I should have mentioned something about > that. > > It's not good, frankly. I've got my glasses on this

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is it on eye-relief? I'd buy one if it doesn't > make it harder to > see the whole field of view with glasses on. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Go

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Thibouille
Yes, forgot to reply about that. In fact I was quite interested in what you were thinking about this camera because I bought it second hand as a present for my father (used to his full auto PZ10..). When I got it I sweared I would never offer a camera like that: plastic everywhere :( In the end I

RE: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup I never ever experienced any scrathes with my D screen. When I did put protection on my ist-D, I couldn't read the screen properly (it was already quite small if it become unreadable..) so I scrapted it. I see no particuliar reason to protect the LCD of the

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Thibouille
PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Brendan MacRae > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:52 AM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup > > > Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to > focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away > from the

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Jim King wrote: >> On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> How is it on eye-relief? I'd buy one if it doesn't make it harder to >>> see the whole field of view with glasses on. > I have one of these magnifiers and found it to be a bit of a problem > with glass

RE: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Markus Maurer
AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away from the back of the camera so you're not smudging the LCD as much. It's also much more comfortable than the stock eyec

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Jim King
Doug Brewer wrote on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:54:37 -0800- > On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > >> Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to > >> focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away > >> from th

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Doug Brewer
On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:17 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote: > > I wear glasses and have the O-ME53 eyepiece. I like it a lot. > > When looking straight into the viewfinder, I see about 98% of the > image. The very tips of the corners are vignetted, but It's not > something that's a concern for me. I nee

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 3/13/07, Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > > On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > >> Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to > >> focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away > >> from th

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Doug Brewer
On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > >> Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to >> focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away >> from the back of the camera so you're not smudging the >> LCD as much. It'

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to > focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away > from the back of the camera so you're not smudging the > LCD as much. It's also much more comfortable than the > stock eyecup because it

Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-13 Thread Brendan MacRae
Came today...much better. Not only is it easier to focus with manual lenses but it moves your eye away from the back of the camera so you're not smudging the LCD as much. It's also much more comfortable than the stock eyecup because it has more padding. -Brendan ___

Re: Magnifying eyecup, images

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
Ooh, ooh, camera porn... Jan van Wijk wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:18:41 +0100 (CET), Jan van Wijk wrote: > > >> I may put up an image from the K10D with it fitted later today. >> Will put up an URL if I do ... >> > > OK, have some images of the O-ME53 eye-piece up at: > > http://

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-30 Thread Mark Cassino
that looks interesting - I might give one a try. I have the Magnifying Eyepiece FB whiche _really_ magnifies the finder, but it also makes it dark, even when zoomed to the lowest magnification setting. - MCC Juan Buhler wrote: > I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from B&H,

Re: Magnifying eyecup, images

2007-01-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:18:41 +0100 (CET), Jan van Wijk wrote: > >I may put up an image from the K10D with it fitted later today. >Will put up an URL if I do ... OK, have some images of the O-ME53 eye-piece up at: http://www.dfsee.com/gallery/index.php?list=19 There are some images of th

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Juan, On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:34:21 -0800, Juan Buhler wrote: >I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from B&H, to use on the K10D. > >I plan to use that, and probably a Katz Eye screen with split prism, >to make up for the small viewfinder (I know it's pretty good

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 1/29/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? >>> >>> I'm interested also, as I placed an order for one today. >> >> Oh, an

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-29 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 1/29/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/29/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/29/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? > > > > I

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-29 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 1/29/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/29/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? > > I'm interested also, as I placed an order for one today. Oh, and does

Re: Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-29 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 1/29/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? I'm interested also, as I placed an order for one today. -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Magnifying eyecup

2007-01-29 Thread Juan Buhler
I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from B&H, to use on the K10D. I plan to use that, and probably a Katz Eye screen with split prism, to make up for the small viewfinder (I know it's pretty good for what it is, but I'd like one like the MX) Is anyone here using the mag