35mm Viewfinder, Where can I find it?

[02Pilot]

I've used several. The 28/35 is fantastic, but it took me a long time to find one that didn't cost me a spare organ. A nice, if uncommon, alternative is the Komura piece. Very well made, nice brightlines, and a slight tint to the glass that helps in bright sun (the color of this tint varies - of the two I've had, one was fairly neutral and one greenish). They can be found occasionally on eBay for not too much money.

 

[Erik van Straten]

The 28/35 is fantastic,.

I do not like the Cosina 28/35 minifinder very much. The framelines are too close together. Why didn't Cosina made two sperate minifinders, one for 35mm and the other for 28mm?

Nikon also made a variety of 35mm finders, a chrome one without framelines and a black one with. The ones with a frameline are hard to find however and are pretty expensive. This finder is not as good as the Leitz SBLOO. The Leitz finder has framelines that anticipate on the distortion of the finder, they are curved. The framelines of the Nikon are straight, but the finder distorts, so it is difficult to keep the camera straight when shooting architecture, for instance.

The Nikon has two manifestations, the more modern grey one is extremely rare.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

The Leitz SBLOO is also available in black.

Erik.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

this one...another SBL00 fan. Eric, the black ones seem to be rare as hen's teeth or unicorns...
A7315EEE-6067-42CC-81F2-E7CB94070C2C by Greg Yavorsky, on Flickr

 

[Ko.Fe.]

... It's set up for 4x3 aspect ratio so it's not an exact match for the 3x2 of 35mm frames.

I don't know which one is better in term of prints. 4x3 seems to be easier to crop for 8x10, which I tend to use most.