VC 28mm mini viewfinder on ricoh GR?

[sebastel]

hi there,

since ricoh announced a new finder GV-2 (with the GR-D II), i am wondering which viewfinder to prefer - the GV-2 or the cosina/voigtländer 28/35mm mini finder?

photos of the GR-D II with the GV-2 are shown on 'letsgodigital',
http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/ricoh/gr-digital/ricoh-gr-digital-2.html
so i'd be interested for comparison to see a photo of the GRD with the C/V viewfinder attached.

would someone be so kind, please?

cheers,
sebastian

 

[kully]

Personally I wouldn't go for the CV finder as it's designed for 3:2 ratio frames and the GRD takes 4:3 ratio photos. Perhaps you could get used to it (or use the GRD's 3:2 mode - but then you're losing pixels top and bottom), but I'd prefer just to use something that works properly.

 

[sebastel]

i'm using the 3:2 mode all the time ...

 

[sebastel]

ok, found this one.
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=584

thanks for all your help.

 

[Steve Litt]

I use the CV 28-35mm finder on my GRD and find it perfect.I prefer to shoot 3:2 as thats the ratio I am used to from using 35mm film and gives me the shape picture I like to print without cropping.

Regards
Steve

 

[back alley]

if i feel the need for a finder i use the zeiss 25/28.
it's a bit big but it seems comfortable enough.