Has anyone used one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/90-Degree-Right-...#ht_3672wt_902
I'm interested in knowing whether they compare favorably to the Sinar Binocular Reflex item.
Thanks,
--Philip.
Has anyone used one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/90-Degree-Right-...#ht_3672wt_902
I'm interested in knowing whether they compare favorably to the Sinar Binocular Reflex item.
Thanks,
--Philip.
Philip Morgan
www.philipmorganphotography.com
www.philipmorgan.net
I own the Sinar Binocular Reflex. The adjustments are handy in the Sinar product. Although I have one, I don't use it very often, but then I'm shooting more 8x10 and 11x14 lately.
Mark Woods
Large Format B&W
Cinematography Mentor at the American Film Institute
Past President of the Pasadena Society of Artists
Director of Photography
Pasadena, CA
www.markwoods.com
Extremely cheap for a "prisim" finder. By being a "prisim" finder the image will be right side up and not reversed left to right.
Almost all finders like the one being sold are mirror reflex systems and they make the image right side up but reversed left to right. Being a mirror system it is critical that it is a front surface mirror so the image plane is on top of the mirror and not behind the mirror glass.
So you may want to ask just what they are selling and what is inside it.
Looking at the images it most certainly is not a prism finder, but a mirror reflex thing.
Still need to loupe it, better to look at thing upside down. I have had one of these for my Arca for years and it's just not as good as doing it with the loupe..EC
Thanks for chiming in everyone! I think I'll go for a used Sinar reflex finder rather than this questionable item.
Philip Morgan
www.philipmorganphotography.com
www.philipmorgan.net
Why would it be? If you can see the entire image area with a reflex device it does not have enough magnification for critical focusing. It is a composing aid not a focusing aid. Or, in the old days, an art director's tools so they would not have to visualize an upside down image.
Well, I use one of those nice, new generation zoom Technika finders you sell and already have all my corners figured out before I go back and get my camera. That finder is almost the best thing I ever bought for photography and it is with me 24/7/365!!!
The best thing is that I always have a little walk back to get the camera which gives me time to think about all aspects of the photograph. People laugh at me for carrying this expensive little thing in my pocket but they all want to look through it when we are out making pictures!!
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