das
Well-known
Hey -- I was hunting around for something like this, but could not put my finger on it (or maybe I was not looking for the right thing). I have a 645 camera that has a vertical finder orientation. However, I would like to use an external finder on it -- but external finders will all be horizontal instead of vertical. Is there some neat solution that fits in a hot/cold shoe will put a horizontal finder in a 90 degree orientation? Thanks!
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
This should be an easy afternoon project, after a visit to a hardware store, a thrift shop, arrival of a little plastic shoe-block-off doodad from the online retailer of your choice, and an hour or so on a workbench or the dining room table.
I'd find a busted camera that the shoe can be yanked from then, get the 90 degree small L bracket you bought at the hardware store along with either epoxy, liquid nails, or JB Weld, then fasten the two, so you can mount the finder. Then get the plastic shoe-block-off doodad you ordered from the online retailer of your choice and fasten it to the other side, so the bottom of the L sits in your camera's shoe.
Surely, someone out there has either 3D printed just such an accessory or had it CNC milled, either way, those sound expensive compared to the $3 I spent in my mind working up this solution. I don't think adhesives count as part of overall expense since they will be used for other crazy projects in the future.
The most elegant solution would be a finder which has had the foot re-mounted 90 degrees off, but I would only do this with one of the old square Leica junk plastic finders or something like an accessory finder from an FSU camera but those can still run up in the cost. Good luck!
Phil Forrest
I'd find a busted camera that the shoe can be yanked from then, get the 90 degree small L bracket you bought at the hardware store along with either epoxy, liquid nails, or JB Weld, then fasten the two, so you can mount the finder. Then get the plastic shoe-block-off doodad you ordered from the online retailer of your choice and fasten it to the other side, so the bottom of the L sits in your camera's shoe.
Surely, someone out there has either 3D printed just such an accessory or had it CNC milled, either way, those sound expensive compared to the $3 I spent in my mind working up this solution. I don't think adhesives count as part of overall expense since they will be used for other crazy projects in the future.
The most elegant solution would be a finder which has had the foot re-mounted 90 degrees off, but I would only do this with one of the old square Leica junk plastic finders or something like an accessory finder from an FSU camera but those can still run up in the cost. Good luck!
Phil Forrest
