The Linhof universal view finder costs $1200, while the Horseman model is $800. I know many photographers use a simple rectangular frame, sometimes with a knotted string attached or whatever.
I've noted that in the video field, "director's viewfinders" are marketed starting at $200. These are made with an adjustable mask for varying aspect ratios for different video formats (1.33, 1.66, etc.) 1.33:1 would be nearly the ratio of a 5 x 7. Unfortunately they don't come down to a more square format of 1.2:1. I haven't done the math to convert scales for one of these as would apply to view camera lens equivalents. They have multiple scales for common video formats, and I am guessing they might have an extended zoom range below the 75mm min (4x5) that the Linhof and Horseman offers, that would be helpful to my 65mm.
Regardless, I have been wondering about adapting one of these for visualization work around my view camera. An example is a Cavision VFM-11X http://www.cavision.com/Finder/Finder1.htm this sells for the grand price of $200 at B & H.
Does any one have any experience around one of these devices? What do you think?
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