You are on vacation and you've run out of loaded filmholders, you can't set up a tripod, no one supplies the color emulsion in that speed, and bec weight is an issue you can't be packing 'n' cameras ...... Wouldn't it be grand to carry one system and still be able to slap a 6x9 or 6x12 roll film back and point and shoot your field camera? Have I blasphemed? Has anyone had success retrofitting a viewfinder?
Having never had experience with the Kalart rangefinder on press cameras it is unclear to this member whether it's a simple matter of guestimating distances (like the Fuji G617, setting the hyperfocal distance or some arcane fiddling with 'cams'. I've tried a Schneider and a Koni Omega viewfinder but neither were close to accurate at putting the image on the smaller 6x9 film area. I love my camera and don't want to buy another but it's pretty darn hard getting the image centered on my 6x9 roll film back without composing on the ground glass first. And because I love the camera it might be prudent to post this prior to drilling the holes for my homemade rubegoldberg rifle sight solution.
Anyone have any experience (or know what key words to search our forum for) for this kind of retrofit. Feasible or fool's errand?
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