Tele-wide viewfinder is yellow, coating ...or?

[califlefty]

Hello all,

I just purchased an old Yashica "tele-wide" viewfinder that I plan to use in the hotshoe of my digital compact. Anyway, this this is awfully yellow, almost like a metallic golden coating on the front element. Can any other owners of this viewfinder comment if this is normal, or does this need a "sunlight cure" to get the yellow out. Thanks.

 

[f16sunshine]

That's just how it is. I like those little VF's. I use one in the shoe of my nikonos with the 35mm. Not perfect but good enough.

 

[califlefty]

ok thanks, so I guess it's just a coating. The pictures I've seen of em seem pretty clear.

 

[farlymac]

That's what is known as an Albada finder. The coating helps you see the bright framelines. They had folding ones for the Zeiss Contax.

PF