PnS with good eye relief

[cpc]

I used to own a Contax T3. Excellent camera and all. One big flaw: the VF, bright and contrasty as it may be, pretty much sucks for spectacle wearers. I couldn't see all the framelines (and not barely – significant moving around was necessary) and the position of the VF kinda led to glasses scratching the back of the body.

So, recommend me a 35/38mm PnS with decent eye relief. I am eyeballing the Fuji Klasse S. How's the VF on that? Of course, all suggestions are welcome.

 

[Gary Sandhu]

Yashica t4 super / T5 super with the superscope on top-- small and reversed image. best is to stick a bright line viewfinder on top.

 

[cpc]

Thanks for the recommendation.
Isn't the superscope too small to be of any practical use?
External viewfinder could be useful, unfortunately most PnS's don't have an accessory shoe.

 

[farlymac]

The Canon Owl series have large viewfinders. Olympus Super Zoom 70 has a large finder, but not much in the way of frame lines. But the Trip AF 50 does have a frame line, and it's also a 28mm.

PF

 

[cpc]

Will check them out.
But how's the eye relief? Large VF usually translates to low eye relief.

 

[farlymac]

I can use them fine with my glasses on, if that's what you mean. The window in the back is almost as large as the one in front.

PF

 

[George Bonanno]

Canon Snappy LX... it does not get any better.

 

[lonemantis]

It's a bit more pricey and pushing the boundaries of PnS, but the Konica Hexar AF has an excellent viewfinder for glasses. It's RF style, so it's very large with lots of eye relief around the floating framelines. Has a fantastic F2 lens as well!

 

[Gary Sandhu]

Canon sure shot wp and a1
And yes, the superscope is exceedingly small

 

[cpc]

The Snappy LX and Sureshot Owl seem to have overly slow lenses, what with the f4.5 max aperture. The Wp/A1 appear to be a bit more low light friendly at f3.5, although the lens is slightly on the wide side at 32mm. But the specs list eye point at 33mm, which might be the highest eye point I've seen. I'll be keeping an eye on this camera, excuse the pun.

As for the Hexar AF, I've been looking for an excuse to get one for ages. I should finally bite, I am sure I'll enjoy it. Still gonna need something smaller and lighter, though. And no comments on the Klasse S yet.

 

[cpc]

I can now confirm that the viewfinder of the Klasse S is fully visible with glasses on, no moving around is needed.