Nikon Right Angle View Finder. Anyone used these? Opinions?

[68degrees]

Have you ever used one? Do you like, dont like? Useful? Opinions?

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I found them kind of squinty and always preferred using a waist level finder. The magnified WL finder is pretty good too but a bit bulky.

The right angle finder for me was like a bulky accessory. A solution for a problem that didn't warrant a solution.

Phil Forrest

 

[farlymac]

Mainly for doing bellows macro work. Works well for that.

PF

 

[68degrees]

Mainly for doing bellows macro work. Works well for that.

PF

how about the waist level finder. do you like that one for anything?

 

[rbsinto]

I bought one a million years ago for nickels and dimes, and have only used it once. For the most part it's just easier to remove the prism from my F2 and look down on the focusing screen.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Somewhere I have one. The fact that I don't know where is something of a clue to how useful I find it -- or rather, how often I find it useful. As Phil said, a bit squinty. I also have the "chimney" focusing finder, which I use mostly for examining 35mm transparencies, and a plain waist level finder. But hey, this is RFF -- I use Leicas a lot more! I've just been shooting a fish-eye on an M with the EVF.

Cheers,

R.

 

[tunalegs]

I find the WLF a useful accessory. It is handy when using a tripod, when doing close up and macro work, and of course when you want to shoot from a low perspective but don't want to get on your knees (or lay on your stomach if you want a worm's eye view). It can also be used to get a high perspective by holding the camera upside down and over your head. I've never used the right angle finder attachment.

 

[Godfrey]

Have you ever used one? Do you like, dont like? Useful? Opinions?

On FM or FE type bodies, the right angle finder was useful for copystand work. On F3, I used the 4x magnifying finder or WL finder instead.

G

 

[M Currie]

I have a couple of old ones, found over the years, one of which I adapted for the HP finder with a little home made thread adapter, more for the exercise than the need. If you're doing micrography or closeup work at an odd angle, it's a good thing to have, and the diopter adjustment is handy. But because the horizon shifts when it's rotated, and the image is smaller than what you usually see, it's no fun to use if you don't need it, and I would not pay real money unless nothing else works for you.

It's telling that both the ones I have were gotten for almost nothing, mint in their boxes. They don't get much use.

 

[68degrees]

On FM or FE type bodies, the right angle finder was useful for copystand work. On F3, I used the 4x magnifying finder or WL finder instead.

G

would the WL finder be good for street photography, walking around, discreet shots because you dont have to bring it to your eye, the universal signal that someone is taking a picture?

 

[ruby.monkey]

The DR-3 was useful but hard to focus with on an FM3A. Works beautifully for low-level shots on my Fuji GS645, where the overlapping rangefinder image is much easier to see; ditto for the Voigtlander R3A I used to own.