What diopter will I need for an X-Pro1?

Just received a used X-Pro1 and it has no eyepiece, added to which the viewfinder is blurred.

I wear varifocals and shoot with them on, looking through the top (distance) part of the lens. My distance correction is +1.25 and my near addition is another +1.75.

Does this mean that I need a +2 diopter? (ie rounding the +1.75 difference between my distance and near corrections) Or is that logic wrong? If I move my glasses so I’m looking through the bottom (ie near-corrected) section the viewfinder seems ok, so I think this means my logic is sound.

The hard bit is probably finding one!

For what it’s worth, this is where my X-Pro2 diopter adjustment is set:

Actually, maybe I can solve this with a trip to the pound shop for some £1 reading glasses, and source a simple rubber eyepiece.

With your glasses on and put your eye to the EVF in the position you like to use when taking photos. Then adjust to see sharp text.

Morris

Morris0 said:

With your glasses on and put your eye to the EVF in the position you like to use when taking photos. Then adjust to see sharp text.

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That works well on a camera that has adjustable diopter…

The X-Pro1 doesn’t, you need to fit a fixed-diopter eyepiece. They’re a little hard to get hold of and cost about £25 so I wanted to be sure to get the right one. I’ve just got back from the pound shop with some cheap (£1.50 instead of £1, crazy times ) +2 reading glasses and adding those to my varifocals seems to do the job nicely, so I might just hack a circular section out of those and sugru it in.

If you cannot find a Fuji Diopter, the Nikon diopters (for sale at B&H) should work. The X-Pro 1 is a bit tricky since you may need a different diopter depending on which viewfinder you are using (electronic vs optical). I would start with a +2.0.

Chrasmus said:

If you cannot find a Fuji Diopter, the Nikon diopters (for sale at B&H) should work. The X-Pro 1 is a bit tricky since you may need a different diopter depending on which viewfinder you are using (electronic vs optical). I would start with a +2.0.

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Thanks, already discovered that a few other 19mm eyepieces work (which is good because from a few quick searches it seems there are zero Fujifilm ones still around—in the UK at least).

Awkwardly it seems that even a blank eyepiece is £20, compared to £25 for one with corrective glass, so I’m probably either going the whole hog for a proper corrected eyepiece or bodging it with cutouts from these reading glasses and a blob of sugru.

Jeff Biscuits said:

Chrasmus said:

If you cannot find a Fuji Diopter, the Nikon diopters (for sale at B&H) should work. The X-Pro 1 is a bit tricky since you may need a different diopter depending on which viewfinder you are using (electronic vs optical). I would start with a +2.0.

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Thanks, already discovered that a few other 19mm eyepieces work (which is good because from a few quick searches it seems there are zero Fujifilm ones still around—in the UK at least).

Awkwardly it seems that even a blank eyepiece is £20, compared to £25 for one with corrective glass, so I’m probably either going the whole hog for a proper corrected eyepiece or bodging it with cutouts from these reading glasses and a blob of sugru.

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Jeff have just put a +2 dioptre in the classifieds, £11 posted in the UK if you are interested in one.

Jeff Biscuits said:

Morris0 said:

With your glasses on and put your eye to the EVF in the position you like to use when taking photos. Then adjust to see sharp text.

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That works well on a camera that has adjustable diopter…

The X-Pro1 doesn’t, you need to fit a fixed-diopter eyepiece. They’re a little hard to get hold of and cost about £25 so I wanted to be sure to get the right one. I’ve just got back from the pound shop with some cheap (£1.50 instead of £1, crazy times ) +2 reading glasses and adding those to my varifocals seems to do the job nicely, so I might just hack a circular section out of those and sugru it in.

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Go to a drug store and try with the cheap reading glasses. You don't need to purchase them. Just try with your camera and then get the same lens for the eye peice.

Morris

Morris0 said:

Go to a drug store and try with the cheap reading glasses. You don't need to purchase them. Just try with your camera and then get the same lens for the eye peice.

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That’s what I did with the ones I already own; I bought new ones because cutting discs out of those is a £1.50 fix rather than a £25 one.

Anyway, I’m sorted now. Though it may all be academic as the camera seems to have dust trapped in the sensor (it’s IR-converted so has been opened up) so it looks like it may be going back.