Do Nikon Diopters value take in account for the standard -1?

[sruddy]

I just had a meeting with my Optometrist and she told me for using my cameras for distance which is from arms length forward I should use a 0 diopter. Canon states their accessory diopters numbers compensate for the standard -1 on the camera. If use alone that is not the real diopter number. My question are Nikon’s diopters the same? If so I should be looking for a -+0 correct?

 

[gorbas]

Hard to tell. For the most of my photography life I used -3.5D glasses. Recently I noticed that image in my F2s viewfinder's are as not sharp as it should be. Adding +1 correction diopter fixed it for me. Maybe even +0.5 or 0.75 will do it, but they are super hard to find. Nikon 0 “glass” is just ordinary glass flat, no diopter at all. Good luck!

 

[Mike Sowsun]

Nikon uses the same -1.0 value as Canon. The Nikon “0.0“ is also a corrective value just like Canon.

More info here: https://www.nikonusa.com/p/00-neutral-correction-eyepiece/2930/overview

 

[BrianShaw]

I just had a meeting with my Optometrist and she told me for using my cameras for distance which is from arms length forward I should use a 0 diopter. Canon states their accessory diopters numbers compensate for the standard -1 on the camera. If use alone that is not the real diopter number. My question are Nikon’s diopters the same? If so I should be looking for a -+0 correct?

Correct.

"Nikon SLR cameras (without built-in adjustable eyepiece correction) have a base diopter value of minus one.

Standard eyepieces supplied with Nikon SLR cameras have no corrective value and are for dust protection only.

No combination of the camera’s base value of minus one and a given accessory diopter’s value is required to arrive at the final desired value. In other words, if you require a diopter of plus 3, simply add a plus 3 diopter to your camera.

Neutral correction eyepieces do not replace the supplied standard eyepiece. The use of a neutral correction eyepiece will change the diopter value of the camera from minus one to zero."

Please let us know how this solution worked out for ou. I tried it many decades ago and never found it worthwhile. For me it was preferable to ensure that the standard eyepiece was rubber-coated to prevent scratching spectacles.

 

[sruddy]

Correct.

"Nikon SLR cameras (without built-in adjustable eyepiece correction) have a base diopter value of minus one.

Standard eyepieces supplied with Nikon SLR cameras have no corrective value and are for dust protection only.

No combination of the camera’s base value of minus one and a given accessory diopter’s value is required to arrive at the final desired value. In other words, if you require a diopter of plus 3, simply add a plus 3 diopter to your camera.

Neutral correction eyepieces do not replace the supplied standard eyepiece. The use of a neutral correction eyepiece will change the diopter value of the camera from minus one to zero."

Please let us know how this solution worked out for ou. I tried it many decades ago and never found it worthwhile. For me it was preferable to ensure that the standard eyepiece was rubber-coated to prevent scratching spectacles.

Correct.

"Nikon SLR cameras (without built-in adjustable eyepiece correction) have a base diopter value of minus one.

Standard eyepieces supplied with Nikon SLR cameras have no corrective value and are for dust protection only.

No combination of the camera’s base value of minus one and a given accessory diopter’s value is required to arrive at the final desired value. In other words, if you require a diopter of plus 3, simply add a plus 3 diopter to your camera.

Neutral correction eyepieces do not replace the supplied standard eyepiece. The use of a neutral correction eyepiece will change the diopter value of the camera from minus one to zero."

Please let us know how this solution worked out for ou. I tried it many decades ago and never found it worthwhile. For me it was preferable to ensure that the standard eyepiece was rubber-coated to prevent scratching spectacles.

So using the correct diopter with your progressive glasses didn’t improve the viewing for you? Mine has a rubber piece over the standard diopter. I wonder why they didn’t pit that on the accessory diopters. Also how do you remove the rubber piece to install a diopter. Mine doesn’t seem to want to unscrew?

 

[sruddy]

Nikon uses the same -1.0 value as Canon. The Nikon “0.0“ is also a corrective value just like Canon.

More info here: https://www.nikonusa.com/p/00-neutral-correction-eyepiece/2930/overview

Thank you!

 

[BrianShaw]

So using the correct diopter with your progressive glasses didn’t improve the viewing for you? Mine has a rubber piece over the standard diopter. I wonder why they didn’t pit that on the accessory diopters. Also how do you remove the rubber piece to install a diopter. Mine doesn’t seem to want to unscrew?

Good point; I should have been more specific. At the time I seriously tried diopter correction I was wearing either single-vision glasses or contact lenses correcting mild nearsightedness (and some astigmatism). With contacts all was fine. With glasses, I wanted to be able to photograph without them. That is what didn't work out.

With progressives I find no need for any diopter correction.

I think the rubber is molded to the eyepiece rather than being removable. For the non-rubber-coated eyepieces I used o-rings. Which camera model are you using? Sometimes the eyepiece is hard to remove; for every old Nikon that I use the eyepiece just screws out.

 

[sruddy]

Good point; I should have been more specific. At the time I seriously tried diopter correction I was wearing either single-vision glasses or contact lenses correcting mild nearsightedness (and some astigmatism). With contacts all was fine. With glasses, I wanted to be able to photograph without them. That is what didn't work out.

With progressives I find no need for any diopter correction.

I think the rubber is molded to the eyepiece rather than being removable. For the non-rubber-coated eyepieces I used o-rings. Which camera model are you using? Sometimes the eyepiece is hard to remove; for every old Nikon that I use the eyepiece just screws out.

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Chan Tran]

Nikon diopter is +1 stronger than listed. A 0 diopter from Nikon is really a +1 and when mounted on the camera it combines with the built in -1 and makes the viewfinder 0.

 

[Oldwino]

I wear contact lenses, but need a +1 for viewing (sharply) up close. One of the joys of getting old...I use a +1 on my F3, and it's perfect for my vision.

 

[BrianShaw]

I wear contact lenses, but need a +1 for viewing (sharply) up close. One of the joys of getting old...I use a +1 on my F3, and it's perfect for my vision.

Losing eye accomodation really sucks, doesn't it. I can relate! Between that and developing cataracts...

 

[Oldwino]

Losing eye accommodation really sucks, doesn't it. I can relate! Between that and developing cataracts...

At my last appointment with my optometrist, she informed my I have the very beginnings of cataract development. I suppose, when I finally get that fixed in several years, I can have my vision corrected, too.