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<blockquote data-quote="LouCioccio" data-source="post: 576914" data-attributes="member: 12542"><p><em><u>I had to google this as I had a problem with my Bronica 6x4.5 FILM camera</u> I could see image on the screen but it never looked sharp as my DSLR's that had adjustable diopters and not wanting to buy a better viewfinder I had to buy the glass diopters setting on one that magnified and the focus was tack sharp. I do wear glasses with a strong prescription. In fact when I went to Vietnam the US Army gave me 5 pairs which included one for the gas mask and sunglasses. The other enlisted were envious that I had military sun glasses. On my D7K and D500 (which has a brighter viewfinder) I can see both the numbers and can manually focus for sharpness with </em>[FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif]<span style="color: #333333">manual lenses. Th e D500 is much easier to focus manually than the D7K. Anyway here is the link that helped me order the proper diopter.<em>This should help</em><strong><em>.</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><strong><em></em></strong></span>[/FONT]Lou Cioccio</p><p>[FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif]<span style="color: #333333"><strong>"</strong></span>[/FONT]<a href="http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=587835" target="_blank">Joseph Wisniewski</a>[FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif]<span style="color: #333333"><strong>, Aug 21, 2010; 02:37 p.m. <a href="http://photo.net/casual-conversations-forum/00X7Qy" target="_blank">Is image in viewfinder near or far? - Photo.net Casual Photo Conversations Forum</a></strong></span>[/FONT]</p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">To elaborate on what Matthew said, it is pretty consistent from one camera to another. Most cameras without adjustable viewfinders are -1 diopter, which means the image looks like it's 1 meter (about 3 feet) away. Some cameras allow you to adjust from about +2 to -3.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-3 is 33cm (about 1 foot) away, very near, probably closer than a comfortable reading distance.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-2 is 66cm (about 2 feet) away, a sort of universal "near" distance: reading, cooking, working on small projects.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-1 is 1m (about 3 feet) away, a "compromise" between "working" near and infinity.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">0 is infinity, trees on the horizon, driving, etc.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1 is "past infinity". If you're farsighted, the + numbers let you use the viewfinder without your glasses. As you get to higher numbers, you're farther past infinity."</span></span></li> </ul></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouCioccio, post: 576914, member: 12542"] [I][U]I had to google this as I had a problem with my Bronica 6x4.5 FILM camera[/U] I could see image on the screen but it never looked sharp as my DSLR's that had adjustable diopters and not wanting to buy a better viewfinder I had to buy the glass diopters setting on one that magnified and the focus was tack sharp. I do wear glasses with a strong prescription. In fact when I went to Vietnam the US Army gave me 5 pairs which included one for the gas mask and sunglasses. The other enlisted were envious that I had military sun glasses. On my D7K and D500 (which has a brighter viewfinder) I can see both the numbers and can manually focus for sharpness with [/I][FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#333333]manual lenses. Th e D500 is much easier to focus manually than the D7K. Anyway here is the link that helped me order the proper diopter.[B][/B][I]This should help[/I][B][I]. [/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT]Lou Cioccio [FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#333333][B]"[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][URL="http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=587835"]Joseph Wisniewski[/URL][FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#333333][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=inherit][B][/B][/FONT][FONT=georgia, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#333333][B], Aug 21, 2010; 02:37 p.m. [url=http://photo.net/casual-conversations-forum/00X7Qy]Is image in viewfinder near or far? - Photo.net Casual Photo Conversations Forum[/url][/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial][FONT=georgia]To elaborate on what Matthew said, it is pretty consistent from one camera to another. Most cameras without adjustable viewfinders are -1 diopter, which means the image looks like it's 1 meter (about 3 feet) away. Some cameras allow you to adjust from about +2 to -3.[/FONT] [LIST] [*]-3 is 33cm (about 1 foot) away, very near, probably closer than a comfortable reading distance. [*]-2 is 66cm (about 2 feet) away, a sort of universal "near" distance: reading, cooking, working on small projects. [*]-1 is 1m (about 3 feet) away, a "compromise" between "working" near and infinity. [*]0 is infinity, trees on the horizon, driving, etc. [*]1 is "past infinity". If you're farsighted, the + numbers let you use the viewfinder without your glasses. As you get to higher numbers, you're farther past infinity." [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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