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Nippon Kogaku 3.5cm to 13.5cm Varifocal Finder - Type II
i'm looking for a 135 finder and am considering one of these but i know nothing about them...can you help?
joe
i'm looking for a 135 finder and am considering one of these but i know nothing about them...can you help?
joe
Jan Van Laethem
Nikkor. What else?
There is plenty of info on Nikon finders here
http://www.cameraquest.com/leicafin.htm
(scroll down to Multifinders)
and here
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photograph...or/RF-Accessories/Nikon-RF-Finders/index2.htm
The varifocal finder is a great accessory if you are going to change lenses often during a shoot, but personally I prefer a dedicated finder in accordance to the focal length of the lens I am using. Which camera and lenses will you be using it with?
http://www.cameraquest.com/leicafin.htm
(scroll down to Multifinders)
and here
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photograph...or/RF-Accessories/Nikon-RF-Finders/index2.htm
The varifocal finder is a great accessory if you are going to change lenses often during a shoot, but personally I prefer a dedicated finder in accordance to the focal length of the lens I am using. Which camera and lenses will you be using it with?
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
Come-on Joe,
I KNOW you wanna try one, go ahead.
Pete Smith is selling one with the box!
http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-Varifocal...07432709QQptZFilmQ5fCamerasQQsalenotsupported
They are kinda big but work pretty good.
Kiu
I KNOW you wanna try one, go ahead.
Pete Smith is selling one with the box!
http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-Varifocal...07432709QQptZFilmQ5fCamerasQQsalenotsupported
They are kinda big but work pretty good.
Kiu
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i bought one.
the plan is to use it on the rd1 with an 85 (if i ever get one)
i can also use it on the rd1 for my 21.
i'm also waiting on 2 d finders for the 15 and 21.
lots of finders...
the plan is to use it on the rd1 with an 85 (if i ever get one)
i can also use it on the rd1 for my 21.
i'm also waiting on 2 d finders for the 15 and 21.
lots of finders...
pwnewport
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I've used this type of finder (Nicca, Tewe) on FSU cameras. Framing can be somewhat dicey. The location of the shoe that receives the finder is diagonally offset from the horizontal axis of the lens, so you won't be looking at quite the same view necessarily that the lens is. The higher the finder sits up off the top deck, and the longer the lens, the more pronounced this effect will be.
Both of the aforementioned finders have parallax correction gizmos that I personally find to be fiddly, inaccurate, and often overlooked (in my case) in the field. They provide yet another thing to adjust, if you're into that.
Of course, one can always make a difficult situation worse. I took my Tewe apart to clean it and forget to notice which way the curved side of the lenses faced, and when I finally did get eveything jiggered around right, the framing mask would inevitably slip out of place whilst tightening everything up. :bang:
So I advocate either the turret type finders, which by the way feature horizontal and vertical reference lines, or a nice bright dedicated viewfinder paired with your lens.
Cheers!
Peter
Both of the aforementioned finders have parallax correction gizmos that I personally find to be fiddly, inaccurate, and often overlooked (in my case) in the field. They provide yet another thing to adjust, if you're into that.
Of course, one can always make a difficult situation worse. I took my Tewe apart to clean it and forget to notice which way the curved side of the lenses faced, and when I finally did get eveything jiggered around right, the framing mask would inevitably slip out of place whilst tightening everything up. :bang:
So I advocate either the turret type finders, which by the way feature horizontal and vertical reference lines, or a nice bright dedicated viewfinder paired with your lens.
Cheers!
Peter
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
The Nikon finder frames pretty darn close when mounted on a Nikon camera, you put a Soviet finder on a Japenese camera?!! What did you expect?
I think the idea of a zoom finder on a RD-1 is neat, mount a 21mm and use the finder @ 35 --mount a 25mm and set the finder right past 35 -- mount a 50mm and use the finder @ 73
Hey Joe, does your finder have the Leica settings?
Kiu
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Hey Joe, does your finder have the Leica settings?
i don't think so.
i only sent off payment yesterday so i wont see the finder for maybe a month.
it's here...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/15794/cat/2
i don't think so.
i only sent off payment yesterday so i wont see the finder for maybe a month.
it's here...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/15794/cat/2