New little toy (viewfinder)

[HiFiTie]

After scouring craigslist for a while I picked up one of these turret finders. I needed it for my Bessa-T. Any tips on how to keep them working? Do they need maintenance or are they pretty well made? This one was only $35, and it is pretty clean.

Courtesy photo.

 

[Livesteamer]

It's a good finder, a copy of a Zeiss finder. It came in left and right versions for Kievs and Zorkis. I think there is a sticky in the FSU section on how to clean them. If I remember, there are some internal prisms that are tricky to get back in right if you don't know how. Joe

 

[mszargar]

Mine looks like this right now:

Found the Tewe finder for a reasonable price on the auction site. CLA'd it myself but I can't manage to take that o-ring out to disassemble and clean the front element.

 

[wolves3012]

There's not a lot to go wrong with the turret finder. They get dirty with time and can be cleaned easily enough if you follow the right method. There is indeed a sticky on how to do it, at the top of this sub-forum - I wrote it.