Dirk Rösler
14-Aug-2006, 21:47
Hello, I have a new Wista field camera which I want to use for some handheld work.
To aid framing, I would like to have something to attach to the accessory shoe. I realised that I prefer pics shot from chest level, so instead of adapting something to look through, I thought an L-shaped, angled viewer would be great (plus lifting 3kg to the eye is a little unrealistic in the long run).
If it is L-shaped, I suppose it needs a mirror in it, which means the image will be upside down, but I can live with that (I hope). No parallax correction required, of course. The only thing I want is to be able to change the "mask" between horizontal and vertical orientation.
Has anyone ideas on how to build something like that, esp. how to calculate lengths and openings to get the right angle of view (one lens only, 120mm).
Dirk
To aid framing, I would like to have something to attach to the accessory shoe. I realised that I prefer pics shot from chest level, so instead of adapting something to look through, I thought an L-shaped, angled viewer would be great (plus lifting 3kg to the eye is a little unrealistic in the long run).
If it is L-shaped, I suppose it needs a mirror in it, which means the image will be upside down, but I can live with that (I hope). No parallax correction required, of course. The only thing I want is to be able to change the "mask" between horizontal and vertical orientation.
Has anyone ideas on how to build something like that, esp. how to calculate lengths and openings to get the right angle of view (one lens only, 120mm).
Dirk