In article <4750d23c$0$24279$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, rwalker
<rwalker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am new to medium format photography. I've just gotten a Yashica D
TLR.
> Using the focusing screen with the magnifier is taking some adaptation.
> First of all, I am 50 years old and wear bifocals. When I look into the
> magnifier to focus, the line between my bifocal and the normal part of
my
> glasses lens hits just about the center of the magnifier. If I lower my
> head slightly, I am then looking through the top part of my glasses, and
> focusing becomes much easier. I guess my question, bottom line, is
should I
> be looking through my bifocal at the magnifier, or should I be looking
> through the upper part of my glasses lens? On my first roll I've opted
for
> the upper part of my glasses. I guess I'll know definitively in a week
or
> so when the first roll comes back from the lab. (I have to mail out my
> film. No one locally does 120 format.)
Although I've worn glasses for years, I've never used them with a
camera.
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