Super Scope

[shawn]

I ask because I do a lot of my shooting from my bicycle or while driving- not always taking too much time to frame up shots. The on-top scope or viewfinder could be ideal for this. The Yashicas are absurdly over-priced and the Sure Shot Ace doesn't quite have the optics I desire.

Eh, guess I'll just have a to make my own camera...

I had a Yashica T3 with the Superscope and it was fairly slow to shoot with as it was tiny to look at and of course everything was backwards relative to your view.

If you are looking to frame and shoot fast get a P&S with a hot/cold shoe or add one. Then put a 1:1 viewfinder on it such as the Leica Sbooi or Voigtlander Kontur and you can would keep both eyes open (required with the Kontur) and frame very quickly.

Shawn

 

[Rob-F]

I always thought Superscope was a cine format?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_35

SuperScope was known to some as "Poor man's CinemaScope." Filmed with standard flat lenses (non-anamorphic) and optically converted to an anamorphic projection print up to 2.35:1.

Here's the whole story:
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingss1.htm

 

[Doug]

Just to add to the list... I have my Dad's Welmy VI or Welmy 6. It's an inexpensive folding 6x6 from Taisei Kouki in Japan, introduced in 1951. It is not an RF camera, but it looks like one from the front, with two viewfinder windows side-by-side, one of which feeds a reversed image to a top finder window, the other one is a regular eye-level VF.

The body is made from pressed sheetmetal, mostly leather covered. Built-in 75mm f/3.5 Terionar lens. Some more info with photo at
http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/welmy/