keithslater
Established
Hello,
I received in the mail today a universal viewfinder to use on my Feds. The question that I have is, mounted on the shoe end of the viewfinder is another small 1/4 "shoe" that raises the viewfinder up. Does this need to be on it? It slides off and on. I am very happy with this viewfinder, it seems pretty clear, adjusts for parallax, and has a shoe on top so I can use a flash. This is great.
Keith
I received in the mail today a universal viewfinder to use on my Feds. The question that I have is, mounted on the shoe end of the viewfinder is another small 1/4 "shoe" that raises the viewfinder up. Does this need to be on it? It slides off and on. I am very happy with this viewfinder, it seems pretty clear, adjusts for parallax, and has a shoe on top so I can use a flash. This is great.
Keith
keithslater
Established
By the way, here is a pic of it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7533286048&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7533286048&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
je2a3
je
If it's used with earlier Leica S-Ms, Fed-1 or Zorki 1, I think the shoe should be removed for proper parallax view.
keithslater
Established
I will be using it with a Fed 2 and a Fed 5, most likely with the Fed 5.
je2a3
je
Check this site out for an explanation of parallax - http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page314.htm, Jay uses the Russian turret VF as an example but you may use a caliper to measure the VIOOH's distance to the lens. Most early FED 2s had a lower cold shoe the late models had a raised shoe by about 3-4mm.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
keithslater
Established
That is interesting, however the site does not give what would be the correct lens to viewfinder distance. Or would that be different on every camera?
P
pshinkaw
Guest
I think the extra foot might be an add-on to provide extra clearance, perhaps for a shutter speed dial.
I have an IMARECT which is quite similar and it has only foot. I think Leitz intended for the finder to be only as high above the camera top as it was originally made. That way the parallax adjuster on the back will more accurately show the film framing.
-Paul
I have an IMARECT which is quite similar and it has only foot. I think Leitz intended for the finder to be only as high above the camera top as it was originally made. That way the parallax adjuster on the back will more accurately show the film framing.
-Paul