external finder

[FrankS]

Agreed to buy a Nikon external varifocal finder today. (Got to get purchases over with before March.) This should be pretty handy, and much more compact than the turret type finders. This one covers from 35 to 135mm.

 

[laptoprob]

Nice Frank, they are big though. I tried a similar one but went back to single-FOV finders, then to brightlines.

The combination is very handy though!

Rob

 

[FrankS]

Thanks Rob. It is bigger than a single FOV finder, but smaller than several, or the turret type. I think I'm looking forward to walking around with just this finder to my eye and zooming it to see which lens works for each scene I notice. 🙂

 

[rover]

Yes, nice. You bought a 50mm viewfinder too at one point right? I am thinking of getting one too.

 

[FrankS]

Yep, I'm good for viewfinders now. I have a 35mm Komura, a 50mm CV brightline (great!), a no-name 35/85 brightline, and now this Nikon zoom one.

I could crazy-glue this to my eye and walk around like a Borg, framing scenes.

 

[RJBender]

Thanks Rob. It is bigger than a single FOV finder, but smaller than several, or the turret type. I think I'm looking forward to walking around with just this finder to my eye and zooming it to see which lens works for each scene I notice. 🙂

Frank,

You want to use it like a director's viewfinder to previsualize a scene? Good idea and a lot cheaper than getting one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7588703670

R.J.

 

[FrankS]

That's right, thanks RJ.

Why yes, I make art films, my dear. 🙂

 

[FrankS]

(Laptop)Rob or anyone, this finder is smaller than a 35mm film cannister, right?

 

[laptoprob]

It is similar to the one I had, Frank. Mine was bigger than a film cannister. Well, the cylindrical part may have been about the same, just a little shorter. The mount makes it bigger though.

Rob

 

[pvdhaar]

I bought that zoom-finder from Rob. If there's any need, I can measure it's exact size.

It's not really small, and I'm hard pressed to tell whether it's smaller or larger than a 35mm cannister without holding both side by side. It makes up for that however by being a splendid tool for pre-visualisation..

 

[dostacos]

Frank,

You want to use it like a director's viewfinder to previsualize a scene? Good idea and a lot cheaper than getting one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7588703670

R.J.

but then he would have to walk around speaking with some funny Eurpoean accent [one that cannot be identified prefered 😉 ]

 

[FrankS]

Thanks all. I asked the seller for dimentions. I's almost the same dia as a 35mm plastic film cannister, and a bit shorter. 29mm diax 42mm length

There are 2 types of variable view finders. Some with a constant magnification that mask down the image for longer lenses, and some with variable focal length optics, which is what this Nikon finder has. Also this one is version II with a larger entrance pupil.