Name: Olympus AS-ME-1 Eyecup Magnifier for the Evolt E-300, E-420, E-410 and Evolt E-500 Digital Cameras.
Brand: Olympus
SKU: IOMASME1
Price: 39.37 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)

Olympus AS-ME-1 Eyecup Magnifier for the Evolt E-300, E-420, E-410 and Evolt E-500 Digital Cameras.

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Buy: Olympus AS-ME-1 Eyecup Magnifier for the Evolt E-300, E-420, E-410 and Evolt E-500 Digital Cameras.

I read that this eyecup can be used with Canon's entry level DSLR camera's, so took a chance and bought the AS-ME1. Turns out is is a nice fit and the small 1.2x magnification really improves the view. With this eyecup, the XSi gains a view that is similar to the 40D. There is a small penalty in terms of the eye relief, which may bother someone who wears glasses. The optics are quite good and I do not notice any degradation of the image quality. I think the improvement is enough to justify the cost.

Works great with Canon XSi

I bought this one for an E-510. It gives me a little bit more control over the manually chosen AF point. I will use it for safari and game hunting with my Olympus.
A bit tricky getting used to. Don’t fit glasses!

A little more close-up.

This magnifier makes it much easier to focus a manual lens on the Olympus E cameras. I use Leica-R lenses on my E-510, this helps a lot, especially when trying to focus wide angle lenses.

Easily focus manual lenses on Olympus E

Narrows the field of view a tad but more than makes up for it by making manual focus so much easier.

Does what it should

While this doesn't magnify the view a whole lot, it does help in low-light situations where the E-500 can be a little hard to focus and in close-up work where you need critical focus.  Other than that, I mainly like that it does increase the distance between your face and the lcd so you're not leaving face-prints on it constantly.

Good for focus and keeps the lcd cleaner

Works well on my E500.  Price is to high for what you get.

Good product!

Not a huge increase in magnification, in regards to it making manual focusing eaiser then the standard eye piece for the E-500; but some improvement.
Biggest difference is the increased distance from the camera body compared to standard eyepiece. Don't feel like I'm smashing my nose and lips against the LCD to frame up any more; and that's a nice feeling.