Rolleiflex 6008: diopter for this WLF?

[hankchinaski]

Does this WLF take diopters? I think it's an earlier model for SLX that also fits on 6008:

Rollei Rolleiflex 6006 Waist Level Finder

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[John Will]

As the name says the WLF was originally on a 6006. An SLX finder would have a SLX label. As far as I know all finders will fit on all models, certainly my 6006 and SLX finders are interchangeable. They take replaceable diopter elements which are sometimes available on ebay.

 

[hankchinaski]

Thanks!

 

[Pieter12]

I would think there iwould be an abundance of Rollei 6008 WLF's available for sale, particularly by folks who have installed a prism finder. The 6008 WLF will take a diopter in the magnifier but there's a different numbering system for them than what you would expect:

 

[ic-racer]

I wish I had an easier way to measure these. Looking at my Rolleicord WLF, Rolleiflex TLR WLF, Rolleiflex TLR 90 prism, 6008 WLF, Hy6 WLF, 6008 90 prism, 6008 45 prism, there are so many different diopter types. Little pieces of glass with no markings.
Wait, the Hy6 WLF is marked...good but NO! It is not always correct

 

[Pieter12]

See if your friendly local optician will do it.

 

[hankchinaski]

I wish I had an easier way to measure these. Looking at my Rolleicord WLF, Rolleiflex TLR WLF, Rolleiflex TLR 90 prism, 6008 WLF, Hy6 WLF, 6008 90 prism, 6008 45 prism, there are so many different diopter types. Little pieces of glass with no markings.
Wait, the Hy6 WLF is marked...good but NO! It is not always correct

I believe the diopters in the link I posted are different - check this out:

 

[hankchinaski]

See if your friendly local optician will do it.

Well, I tried with the diopters for the 45 deg finder, and it was going to be eur 100 for something w/o astigmatism correction. Maybe will be cheaper for the wlf diopters.

 

[Pieter12]

Well, I tried with the diopters for the 45 deg finder, and it was going to be eur 100 for something w/o astigmatism correction. Maybe will be cheaper for the wlf diopters.

I meant having the diopters checked, not having them made. That could be an issue with the prism finder because the Rollei numbers don't correspond exactly to the actual diopter strength, as I posted earlier. There are sellers for the diopters on the auction site, and Eric at Rolleiflex USA usually has some for both the WLF and the prism finders. Do you know what strength you need? And astigmatism is usually not corrected for by any of the camera manufacturers. Eric has adapted a telescope eyepiece that corrects for astigmatism for the prism finders, but I have not seen anything for other cameras beyond Leica M--at a pretty steep price. Wearing glasses with a WLF doesn't seem to be too bothersome anyway.