Subj : EYES ?
To   : George Vandervort
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Sun Nov 07 2004 05:05 pm

Dear George, in regards to this message I will rsvp soon. 
 > Hello Jay!
 > 
 > Wednesday October 20 2004 21:09, JAY EMRIE wrote to MAX CHAMBERLAIN:
 > 
 >MC>> ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͵Jean Parrot wrote:
 >MC>JP>>
 >MC>JP>JP>>          Hello to you Max, I wish you a nice day !
 >MC>JP>>
 >MC>JP>JP> MC>> FWIW, I follow the method you describe.  Trouble is, I
 >MC>JP>JP> MC>> keep trying improve the focus and end up having to start
 >MC>JP>JP> MC>> over again.
 >MC>JP>>
 >MC>JP>JP>>        The secret is to do this with a cap over the lens. If
 >MC>JP>JP>> you squin one eye, you induce some "stress" in it and it
 >MC>JP>JP>> will change focus.        FWIW !!
 >MC>JP>>
 >MC>> ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;
 >JE>
 >MC>> Yes, I understand about the effect from squinting.  Instead of
 >MC>> getting out a lens cap, I typically just cup my left hand so my
 >MC>> fingers cover the objective lens while my palm provides a bit of
 >MC>> support.  First I cover the right lens and use the center adjusting
 >MC>> knob to focus the left side, then I cover the left lens and slowly
 >MC>> turn the diopter adjuster until the right side is in focus.  Now I
 >MC>> know intellectually that I have the best adjustment between the
 >MC>> right and left sides, but I usually can't resist trying to improve
 >MC>> the focus anyway.
 >JE>
 >JE> Sorta like quitting smoking. :-)
 >JE>
 >JE> JAy
 >JE>
 >JE> Invariably I end up
 >MC>> making things worse and have to start back at square one.  If my
 >MC>> $79 7x50 binoculars were of higher quality the image would probably
 >MC>> be much better and I'd be less likely to try to improve it.
 >JE>
 >MC>>    TTYL, Max    <maxchamberlain at satx dot rr dot com>
 >JE>
 >MC>> ---
 >MC>> þ OLX-TD þ Quality is Job 1.1

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