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Want to Buy WTB: Pentax +2 diopter eyepiece

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I just bought one for a different Pentax from a seller called MightyMike. He seems to have others.
 
I don't think they had diopters for Spotmatics? I had a cheapo aftermarket one that I modified by cutting and gluing in a reading glass lens into. It worked OK. I had to tape it into place and untape it whenever I changed film. Not the most elegant solution.
 
Huss said:
check classfieds in pentaxforums.
I just bought one for a different Pentax from a seller called MightyMike. He seems to have others.
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I'll join and take a look thanks.



Checked Keppler, The Pentax Way, they sold them for the M & K series but I remember them before that.

I have a 3rd party eycap somewhere, I've not seen it for years and have moved 3 time but you've remided me I should still have it. From memory it could take a round dioptre. Iyt's strange I need one now on my Spotmatics and SV but less so with my Praktinas.

Ian
 
I've just bought a Pentax Eyepiece magnifier the flip up type £10.95 (less than $15). For 50% more I could buy a Pentax Eyecup, I think these have a screw in ring to take a Dioptre

Hatchetman said:
I don't think they had diopters for Spotmatics? {/QUOTE]

I was wrong Keppler says similar correction lenses were available for older Pentax cameras as well as the K & M. The K series are the same size as the early cameras,

Ian
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I was wrong Keppler says there were Correction lens adapters and lenses available for earlier cameras pre K & M. The K series are the same size as earlier cameras.

Tried to edit the above post but the Forum reverts to the same erply.

Ian
 
He's correct (of course) The eyepiece of the Spotmatic II I have, has slits along each side which are for correction adapters and those worked when I adapted the Nikon diopter to fit
 
Maxwell said:
He's correct (of course) The eyepiece of the Spotmatic II I have, has slits along each side which are for correction adapters and those worked when I adapted the Nikon diopter to fit
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Is that a third party eye piece, I'm sure the Pentax one was a screw in ring to hold the dioptre. I looked in all the obvious places for my Pentax fit Eyepiece to no avail, then an hour or two thought I haven't looked at mt K/M bayonet cameras and there it was and it takes correction lenses.

Actually the mistake is looking for Dioptres, as soon as you search for correction lenses there's quite a few The Pentax forum tells you how to make your own lenses from cheap glasses. I've made red enlarger filter from squre CR39 a few times so it shouldn't be difficult

Taking it slightly further I'd like to make some focus spectacles for LF SLR's, also cameras with focus hoods. they were once sold here in te UK. They fit the camera rather than the photographer.

Ian
 
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Huss said:
check classfieds in pentaxforums.
I just bought one for a different Pentax from a seller called MightyMike. He seems to have others.
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MightyMike sells on Pentaxforums.com I've bought a few items from him, he's a good guy.
 
Hello Ian,
I have a circular +2 diopter that was in my Asahi Pentax Correction Lens Adapter. When I picked up my new glasses, this morning, I asked the technician to analyze it and he confirmed the strength.
 
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Helios 1984 said:
Hello Ian,
I have a circular +2 diopter that was in my Asahi Pentax Correction Lens Adapter. When I picked up my new glasses, this morning, I asked the technician to analyze it and he confirmed the strength.
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Are you willing to part with it ? My Pentax View finder magnifier arrive yesterday, while it's good for fine focussing you can only see the centre of the screen.

Ian
 
Ian Grant said:
Are you willing to part with it ? My Pentax View finder magnifier arrive yesterday, while it's good for fine focussing you can only see the centre of the screen.

Ian
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I need the adapter but you can have the glass.

edit: Spotted a seller on eBay UK who has 2 boxed adapters( item number: 324242033928 )

 
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