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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Novice Needs 35mm Recommendations
Message-ID: <845@mako.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 17:48:55 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 17:48:55 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:40:13 EDT
References: <24800001@gypsy.UUCP> <145@python.UUCP>
Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
Lines: 20
Keywords: eye glasses, viewfinders
Summary: 

In article <145@python.UUCP> johnm@python.UUCP (J. Montgomery) writes:
>I'll put in one product plug here. I've recently started using a
>Nikon F3HP.  Although it is quite expensive, I recommend looking
>at it if you wear eyeglasses, or have difficulty seeing through
>other slr's.  It is the only slr I have used which lets me see
>all four frame edges with glasses on, and it is the only one I
>know which shows the full frame in the viewfinder.

The Olympus OM-4 (and OM-3?) have built-in diopter correction for
eyeglass wearers so the camera can be used without glasses.  Although
I only use glasses for driving, (aprox 1/2 diopter correction) I find
my OM-4 easier to focus than my OM-2 because I was able to fine-tune it
for my shooting eye.  The obvious disadvantage is that others cannot 
use such a camera if the correction required is gross, also, you cannot
switch eyes if your eyes are very different, but I think it is a useful
innovation, and makes these cameras especially of interest to eyeglass
wearers.
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