einolu
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Thinking of getting one of these for my Zorki, do any glasses wearers use one of these? Being 1:1 I figure I could have a hard time seeing the framelines...
CV 50mm finder (glasses?)
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pvdhaar
Peter
It's not the framelines that are the problem. I don't wear glasses, and even I have to put my eye almost right up to the VF to see the entire scene. The framelines are visible even when my eye is somewhat further from the VF, but then the scene becomes grey at the edges.
I recall having asked about it, and I believe it was Aizan who suggested to put your thumb on the back of the camera and rest your cheeckbone on that. At that given distance, the VF works indeed without glasses. I reckon you can extrapolate from here..
I recall having asked about it, and I believe it was Aizan who suggested to put your thumb on the back of the camera and rest your cheeckbone on that. At that given distance, the VF works indeed without glasses. I reckon you can extrapolate from here..
Lou Iaquinto
Tinshed
Hi Einolu,
I have a T and a few CV finders and have never had a problem seeing the framelines while wearing glasses.
Lou
I have a T and a few CV finders and have never had a problem seeing the framelines while wearing glasses.
Lou
FrankS
Registered User
I had the pleasure of temporarily using a CV50mm finder. They are great for FSU rangefinders and screw mount Leicas with their squinty built-in viewfinders. Wearing glasses, I could not see all of the CV50mm framelines at once as I found the magnification slightly too high, however, it is still a great improvement over those cameras' squinty viewfinders!
taffer
void
>It's not the framelines that are the problem. I don't wear glasses, and even I have to put my >eye almost right up to the VF to see the entire scene. The framelines are visible even when >my eye is somewhat further from the VF, but then the scene becomes grey at the edges.
Einars, you can expect that from the Leitz 1:1 as well (as I've checked myself today). That said, with both eyes open and a bit of practice you can see the whole framelines, just bit of darker corner vision.
Without glasses it's very nice. Anyway you'll be amazed if you compare it with the finders on the average FSU camera.
Einars, you can expect that from the Leitz 1:1 as well (as I've checked myself today). That said, with both eyes open and a bit of practice you can see the whole framelines, just bit of darker corner vision.
Without glasses it's very nice. Anyway you'll be amazed if you compare it with the finders on the average FSU camera.
fredus
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But isn't it a pain to look in the finder, then focus ... ? I have an external finder for my CV 15mm but it doesn't require focusing most of the time (huge DOF) ... I was tempted to get a 50mm finder but I'm affraid of the additional step ...
Fred
Fred
taffer
void
fredus said:
Well, it might be a small pain, but nothing compared with using the built-in finder in some FSU specimens ! 😛
Plus for some reason it's really comfortable to compose with it, instead of the dim bluish tunnel of a Fed-2 or Kiev...
FrankS
Registered User
Many feel that the advantage of using a separate external finder outways the disadvantage. YMMV
pvdhaar
Peter
Yes, it's a pain, but only for the first couple of shots. And that's only because you forget to check focus when looking through the external finder.fredus said:
After a short while you settle in a process of focussing first, then framing with the external finder. It's not really different from using a built-in finder; there you'll focus with the RF patch and then you'll still have to recompose as well.
The most joyful part of the CV50 finder is the 1x magnification, you can really see whether your subjects blink an eye at the moment of snapping their picture.
taffer
void
Btw,
just confirming that as somebody said (Andrew/Solinar?), the 50mm 1:1 finder is a great addition to a 6x9 (with the 'normal' 105 lens) folder lacking a decent enough viewfinder. Just pay the usual attention to parallax and that's all. I also think I end getting a bit more on the film than what the framelines tell, and that also helps a lot to cover up to some point possible parallax errors.
just confirming that as somebody said (Andrew/Solinar?), the 50mm 1:1 finder is a great addition to a 6x9 (with the 'normal' 105 lens) folder lacking a decent enough viewfinder. Just pay the usual attention to parallax and that's all. I also think I end getting a bit more on the film than what the framelines tell, and that also helps a lot to cover up to some point possible parallax errors.
GeneW
Veteran
I'm using a CV 50 1:1 external on my IIIf and it transforms the shooting experience. I shoot without glasses and can see the framelines. A bonus, for me, is that the finder sits high enough that it clears the lens hood -- a large, bright view with no blockage while being able to keep both eyes open is a treat.
Gene
Gene
