Laika said:
Sweet! ... Nice finder, looks like a better option than a turret finder, I'll have to keep an eye out for one 🙂
Dear Friend,
I own both, and in my view, besides the compactness of the Helios, there is no comparizon at all. There is always a place and opportunity to use any photographic device, therefore I am confident that I will use the plastic Helios some day. But the Universal Turret Finder, originally designed by Zeiss and kept alive at production lines by the Soviets, is a hell of a finder:
a) 28~135 lenses
b) As bright as a modern SLR AF viewing
c) Parallax compensation without marks.
d) Within the cost/performance context, the Helios is expensive and the UTF cheap. The UTF is also cheap in absolute terms.
e) Finnally there is a concept among some RF users and manufacturers, never understood by me, that having alternate marks at the viewing window in the camera or the finder, in which as you go to longer lens you get a smaller piece-image - and all these is acceptable, or "obvious" or axiomatic. I do not accept this concept, nor I ever will pay big money for such a camera, regardless its glorious name.
The marks and shrinked image is less annoying with an accessory finder, protruding over the top of your camera, as you exchange compactness for convenience. But with the Helios you compromise lens quality as well - the image is rather poor.
But perhaps you have a different view and may want to express it.
Regards,
Ruben
