Your eye can focus on the focus screen at different settings by making
adjustments. Set the diopter at the extremes of it's range, and you'll
find that it's a lot of work for your eyes to obtain focus. The idea is to
set the diopter where your eye does the least amount of work, so you'll be
comfortable using the camera for a long time. Try to relax your eyes, and
then set the diopter where the focus screen is in focus. It helps for some
people to mount a normal lens so the image in the viewfinder is "lifesize",
then while looking at something with both eyes open, adjust the diopter to
where the focus screen is clearest. Hope this helps.
Todd
At 09:29 AM 6/11/01 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi, gang
>
>Playing around my LX bodies I discovered them were put in different diopter
>positions. The one with FA 1 was at -1.5 and the one with FA 1W was about -1.
>Since I have almost perfect condition eyesight I wonder what could be the
>"normal" diopter position for "normal" ("I don't need to use glasses") sight.
>Looking at the specs of the MX (a camera without in-camera adjustable
>viewfinder, so it's suposed to come with "normal" viewfinder), the diopter of
>this viewfinder is -0.5. I put both LX finders to this position, and the
truth
>is I don't see a damn difference.
>So, what is the supposed "normal" diopter position?
>
>Thanks
>
>Albano
>
>
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