Is there a 1:1 35mm accessory viewfinder like the 1:1 leica 5cm sbooi

LCSmith said:
I also have a kind of phobia about optical view finders that attatch to the hotshoe. I was shooting street in Philadelphia and my SBKOO slipped out and landed on the cold hard pavement of that dirty city, breaking the glass and rendering it unusable. Does the SBLOO stay in place?
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By the way I remember using it on a Zorky or Zorky 1, and I remember it had less of a tight fit that my Leica LTM's, M' and Bessa's, so it would be good to follow bayernfan advise, just to be safe :D
 
The VF'er designed for the 43/1.9 Pentax-L has framelines for 43mm and 50mm, but using the entire window it makes for a great 35mm VF'er for that "all at once" view.

Since the Pentax-L is a screwmout, the offset/optimized is for a LTM screw mount and is not the best for a M-Body. I use my Pentax-L VF'er with my 35/1.8 Nikkor in LTM.

This VF'er also has a diopter adjustment with detents and the contrast enhancement of modern Zeiss VF'ers. Really as good as a modern Zeiss finder.

I wedge a small O-ring under the foot of my VF'er's to lock them into place.

Cal
 
Is the Metrocase Shapeways Canon Owl 35mm finder kit a 1:1?
I can't think of a better 35mm finder for less than $50.


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Google '35mm viewfinder and old eyes' and you will find a description of my experiences with the Shapeways 35mm viewfinder, posted on this forum.
 
According to this:

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kontur

There was a 35mm FOV Kontur viewfinder that was model 335/36. I have a Kontur that is marked model 335/36 Kontur and its FOV is 50mm, the same as another Kontur I have. There are slight variations of the parallax frame lines on the 24x36 Konturs based I think on the camera they were intended for and its cold shoe position.

This link has another model that does look like it may be for 35mm....

http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/previewpagesA/kontur35A.htm

as the frame lines take up much more of the front face of the Kontur.

One could likely make a 35mm version of the Kontur by etching new frame lines on the front black painted glass.

Shawn
 
Calzone said:
The VF'er designed for the 43/1.9 Pentax-L has framelines for 43mm and 50mm, but using the entire window it makes for a great 35mm VF'er for that "all at once" view.

Since the Pentax-L is a screwmout, the offset/optimized is for a LTM screw mount and is not the best for a M-Body. I use my Pentax-L VF'er with my 35/1.8 Nikkor in LTM.

This VF'er also has a diopter adjustment with detents and the contrast enhancement of modern Zeiss VF'ers. Really as good as a modern Zeiss finder.

I wedge a small O-ring under the foot of my VF'er's to lock them into place.

Cal
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Interesting idea. Thanks, Cal.
 
davidnewtonguitars said:
Is the Metrocase Shapeways Canon Owl 35mm finder kit a 1:1?
I can't think of a better 35mm finder for less than $50.

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It’s not 1:1, actually 0.68x. But the view is plenty big for 35mm angle of view, and super light, only 1/2 ounce. Drop it and it will be undamaged...

0.68x is very close to the magnification of standard M viewfinders that have 35mm frames, so it’s suited well for cameras like Barnacks.

Personally I find the SBLOO to be great optically but it is large, heavy, and pricey, and I’m fairly sure it’s almost the same magnification, 0.70x.
 
Another data point. I’ve got two Kontur finders, the 50mm and the 35mm field of view.
The 50mm is marked 24x36 35mm , I assume the 35mm is referring to format not lens focal length.

The finder with a 35mm angle of view is marked as being for 6x9cm.
It appears that the frame lines are just a little wider on the mask. This means a clever person could make their own using lithograph film or digital printing on clear or translucent material.

I really like the Kontur idea, but they’re rather large. For 35mm my vote goes to the CV metal finder. On a Barnack a big finder hangs over the edge of the shutter speed dial making it a bit harder to view.

Glenn
 
Glenn2 said:
Another data point. I’ve got two Kontur finders, the 50mm and the 35mm field of view.
The 50mm is marked 24x36 35mm , I assume the 35mm is referring to format not lens focal length.

The finder with a 35mm angle of view is marked as being for 6x9cm.
It appears that the frame lines are just a little wider on the mask. This means a clever person could make their own using lithograph film or digital printing on clear or translucent material.

I really like the Kontur idea, but they’re rather large. For 35mm my vote goes to the CV metal finder. On a Barnack a big finder hangs over the edge of the shutter speed dial making it a bit harder to view.

Glenn
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Wouldn't the 6x9 finder likely be for folders with the typical 105mm lens? That's about equivalent to a 40 on 135. Probably close enough though.
 
Another inexpensive finder for 35mm is the Olympus VF-1, I had a hard time paying more for a Leica finder than I did for my Summaron.
 
I found not long ago on eBay a Nikon 35mm brightline finder (late rangefinder era) for BP 35, but I guess I was extremely lucky.

Heavy used SBLOO's can be had relatively cheap on German eBay.

Erik.
 
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