Universal View Finder is good?

[wyk_penguin]

Another issue may be that the accessory shoe is left of the lens axis on a Kiev and to the right of the lens on the Zorkis and Feds. So by leaning left and right, the finder is located on the optical axis. Thus the left-right effect of parallax is dealt with, so the parallax adjustment only needs to move the image up or down.

The universal finder is good in terms that it shows some area outside the frame, unlike the non-brightline fixed focal length finders which only show whats in.

 

[varjag]

Another issue may be that the accessory shoe is left of the lens axis on a Kiev and to the right of the lens on the Zorkis and Feds.

This is not an issue. The eyepiece and the current finder lens on the turret finder are located right above the shoe, no mater if the finder is right-handed or left-handed.

 

[Mike Kovacs]

Well its easy enough to turn the dial and see whether the image moves further downward or not to compensate in the right direction for parallax.

When I got my 135/4, I shot a test frame at 1.5m and found the vertical parallax spot-on, horizontal parallax slightly to the left.

 

[darkkavenger]

It is useful if you're using a different lens than the classical 50mm ones, I've one and I love it 😉 very stylish 😀

 

[Mike Kovacs]

Really, the 50mm frame can be handy too for parallax correction and in candid situations where it helps to be able to see outside the image frame

 

[darkkavenger]

Totally agreeing with you on this point (yes, I know it was pretty useless to say so 😀)

It fits well on top of my FSU's 🙂