Keeping my viewfinders on....

[Dante_Stella]

Ah ha! The solution is........
“The Cheap Plastic Finder Company”
Honestly, why do finders have to be so glorious? Millions of little 2 element molded aspheric plastic finders were put in single use and other little plastic 35mm cameras.
So why couldn’t somebody produce these for shoe mount? In standard focal length views, i.e., for 21mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm......you get the idea.
Not as great as a $1000 finder, but for $20-$30 you wouldn’t cry as much when it went missing.

If you look on Shapeways, there is a mount you can buy to convert a Canon Owl 35mm brightline finder to a standalone shoe mount. Some assembly required. Robert Jagitsch designed it. it's quite good.

Dante

 

[Glenn2]

A while back I posted about making a safety catch for my Leica finder, it may help others, here's the link.

Message #60 and Tom A. comment #64

Link-> https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49273&page=6

Glenn

 

[trix4ever]

For my other street photography camera you can buy a bigger tie.


http://filmisadelight.com

 

[trix4ever]

little and large........



https://filmisadelight.com/

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Fishing line for my SWC/M. It's not pretty, but it works

 

[Rob-F]

Fishing line for my SWC/M. It's not pretty, but it works

Actually I'd say that is the best solution as far as looks go!

 

[BillBingham2]

Have to agree. Question is what to do with the leftover 198 feet of line?

B2 (;->

 

[Dralowid]

...and while you are worrying about losing your viewfinder the eyesight correction lens falls off, the sunscreen on your hands melts the paint in the lettering and you leave the lens cap somewhere.

Expensive cameras are like new cars, once you have scraped and scratched them things really don't seem to matter so much.