Add / Alter Frame Lines on Viewfinder Accessory

[europayer]

Hi everyone!

Recently I got myself a custom film camera which has a 2:1 film gate so it produces panoramic images. I also got a viewfinder accessory for the cold shoe with ‘tele’ and ‘wide’ frame lines that cater for the normal 2:3 picture ratio.

Now, my question is if there is a way to add frame lines (red dotted line in the attached picture) and maybe even cancel the original ones.

I tried to draw on the rear glass with a felt pen just for the laughs but obviously it didn’t do the trick. Maybe laser engraving the rear glass could be done?
Any ideas?

Thanks!
Oli

 

[Ronald M]

Tried everything. Suggest you learn to estimate.

 

[europayer]

Tried everything. Suggest you learn to estimate.

Sorry I don’t understand. Did you try everything or do you think I tried everything that could be done?
And yes, I should get better in estimating 😉
But if there is a way to alter the viewfinder it would certainly help.

 

[Rayt]

I had the same problem when I adapted a 35mm Curtagon for Xpan and in the end I just viewed through the camera finder and added imaginary framelines. It was not precise but close enough. I shot a few rolls and compared the photos to the entirety of the viewfinder and adjusted what for what was missing next time.

 

[shawn]

You could try masking the front of the finder.

This works pretty well but you have to be aware of your eye position as that changes the vertical position of the masking. You can still see the original framelines though so I use them to center to image.

Shawn

 

[europayer]

You could try masking the front of the finder.
Shawn

Thanks for the tip! I will try to 3D-print a mask and see how that works.