Anyone use an aux. finder with their mockva 5?

[c.w.]

A while ago i got a mockva 5. I really like it, except that the viewfinder is just about the most squinty thing i've ever seen.

I've been thinking i'd try and find a cheap 40mm viewfinder for a 35mm camera and just stick it on there with tape or something.

Anyone ever do that? How'd it work out for you?
Any reccomendations on a cheap finder? Any better suggestions to keep it on there than gaff tape?

Thanks.

 

[summar]

I've tried attaching two viewfinders (both for 50mm lenses on 35mm, roughly the same as a 105mm on 6x9) to my Moskva 5 with gaffer tape, but the tape didn't hold either firmly enough. Perhaps some kind of metal clip arrangement that I haven't thought out yet would work. It's too bad the Moskva 5 didn't stick to the finders on the previous models (parallax in only one direction and not so squinty) or put an accessory shoe right above the lens!

 

[Brian Legge]

It seems like the coupled rangefinder is the main advantage of the Moskva 5 over similar cameras. Would it make more sense to sell it and pick up another instead if you are going to use an accessory finder anyway?

 

[c.w.]

Thanks for the info summar. I don't understand the lack of a cold shoe either! It's a little tempting to take the viewfinder entirely out and put a shoe over there.

Brian - sorry if i was confusing in my earlier post. The Moskva 5 has separate viewfinder and rangefinders. I've cleaned up and adjusted the rangefinder, it's great. The viewfinder is the thing that's terrible.

I guess i'll have to keep an eye out for a super cheap 50mm viewfinder and just experiment. Too bad that it looks like most of the finders on auction are going for $50 - that's what i paid for the camera!