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Playing around with a stock 18-55 and a Sigma 70-300 ...
Now, with an SMC Takumar 105 and a CZJ Flektogon 35 too ...

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Cheap gift for my K10D ...

... An Olympus PEN-F right angle viewfinder, bought for a few euros in a street market. The optical portion was fine, but the metal mask was (badly) adapted to a Contax camera viewfinder.

Now, after a little "dremelling", it perfectly fits the viewfinder of my K10D.

Olympus Angle Finder - IMGP0978

The ring on the body of the viewfinder allows to adjust the focus on the focusing screen (used some dust particles on the focusing screen as "target").

The cons: the image in the viewfinder is inversed, so is the viewfinder display (i.e. need to learn to read Leonardo Da Vinci writing) ...

The pro: i spent 20 euros in total, which is less than the cheapest angle finders on the "auctions site".

Now, i'm waiting to test it in "street level" photography ...

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