Wanderlust 4x5 P&S

[jnl]

Another option for viewfinders is the Olympus VF-1 that was made for the E-P1 Micro 43rd camera. It is more expensive than the one listed above but its less than a Voigtlander viewfinder. It is basically the same quality as the Voigtlander but the aspect ratio is more accurate. The brightline is for a 17mm M43 lens so that translates to about 34mm on a 35 camera. However, there is space around the brightline. If you look at the entire view & ignore the lines, it seems to be really close to 28mm on a 35. This is what I have been using and I really like it. It is bright, easy to look through and has fairly low barrel distortion. Looks like its on sale right now at Amazon for 82.99. Just an option

(Not sure how it is with eye glasses. I am right against it to see the whole view)

[Roger Cole]

Yeah, that's about right. My own beef with them is the tiny eye relief. I have one for 24mm, but it doesn't really cover properly and I'm going to ahve to adjust the masking if I use it. It's main advantage is being compact and nearly weightless. But I hate viewfinders that require me to remove my glasses.

Rick "worth its price" Denney

Humm, that's odd because I notice that there's TOO much eye relief, at least with my eyeglasses for my very nearsighted distance vision. I can't see clearly if I put my glasses against the finder. I have to back off just a tad. Not a big problem but takes a quarter second or whatever to adjust my viewing position.

[dave_whatever]

Another option for viewfinders is the Olympus VF-1 that was made for the E-P1 Micro 43rd camera. It is more expensive than the one listed above but its less than a Voigtlander viewfinder. It is basically the same quality as the Voigtlander but the aspect ratio is more accurate. The brightline is for a 17mm M43 lens so that translates to about 34mm on a 35 camera. However, there is space around the brightline. If you look at the entire view & ignore the lines, it seems to be really close to 28mm on a 35. This is what I have been using and I really like it. It is bright, easy to look through and has fairly low barrel distortion. Looks like its on sale right now at Amazon for 82.99. Just an option

(Not sure how it is with eye glasses. I am right against it to see the whole view)

This is a good suggestion as the native 4:3 aspect ratio is closer to 4x5 than 35mm is.

The full view of the finder is I think a bit wider than a 90mm lens on 4x5 but its pretty close.

[cdholden]

I've not had much time online and didn't realize the project was this far along. I just sent my Globuscope off to S.K. Grimes to have a 65mm lens in helical mount fitted to the front. I'll be happy to compare the two when I have one of each in my possession. If anyone has a 90mm lens in shutter and helical mount for my other Globuscope body, I'll gladly make it a dual comparison/review.

[Roger Cole]

I was about to say that an $80 quality finder is far better than paying $200 for one but that I would balk at paying even $80 for use on a $99 camera...then I realized what's going to turn out to be the most expensive item of all in this for me.

I'm not going to want to be swapping my 90mm Angulon back and forth all the time, so I'll have to finally buy a 90mm lens with more coverage for use on my regular view camera!

(This forum, BTW, is very smiley-poor. I was looking for the one I have on other vBulletin forums that's a big eyed "yikes!" one. )

[rdenney]

Humm, that's odd because I notice that there's TOO much eye relief, at least with my eyeglasses for my very nearsighted distance vision. I can't see clearly if I put my glasses against the finder. I have to back off just a tad. Not a big problem but takes a quarter second or whatever to adjust my viewing position.

Eye relief is how far back your eye can be and see the whole view. I find that mine doesn't focus well, though, when I can see the whole view. I really need to wear my glasses while viewfinding.

Rick "who has a few options to try when the cameras arrive" Denney

[rdenney]

I was about to say that an $80 quality finder is far better than paying $200 for one but that I would balk at paying even $80 for use on a $99 camera...then I realized what's going to turn out to be the most expensive item of all in this for me.

I'm not going to want to be swapping my 90mm Angulon back and forth all the time, so I'll have to finally buy a 90mm lens with more coverage for use on my regular view camera!

(This forum, BTW, is very smiley-poor. I was looking for the one I have on other vBulletin forums that's a big eyed "yikes!" one. )

That's all right. The sentiment came through without the smiley.

Rick "who'll share the viewfinder between several cameras" Denney

[Tin Can]

Pretty sure we are all half blind. A prerequisite for any photog. I need my glasses for viewfinders and then have to take them off to look at GG from 2 inches. Soon getting granny straps for my goggles.

Eye relief is how far back your eye can be and see the whole view. I find that mine doesn't focus well, though, when I can see the whole view. I really need to wear my glasses while viewfinding.

Rick "who has a few options to try when the cameras arrive" Denney

[Andrew O'Neill]

received my cheapie 28mm finder from the guy in Israel today. (Well, yesterday now.)

Roger, could you provide a link please? Thank you.

[Roger Cole]

Eye relief is how far back your eye can be and see the whole view. I find that mine doesn't focus well, though, when I can see the whole view. I really need to wear my glasses while viewfinding.

Rick "who has a few options to try when the cameras arrive" Denney

I know what it is. And mine has too much, because I HAVE to be too far back. I can't see it clearly if my glasses are in contact with the eyepiece. Eye relief refers to how far back the exit pupil is. Being farther back loses field of view, as you say. Being too close usually causes a "hit and miss" effect where parts of the image black out, but in my case it seems to have more to do with the focus of the viewfinder. It simply isn't sharp if I'm too close. I have to back off a tad to see it clearly. That's ok, fine for a twenty dollar gadget though. It's not ideal but it's not a big deal.

Of course it depends on ones vision and glasses too. I have to wear my glasses when doing almost anything more than 6" away, including viewing at infinity. Though I do take them off under the dark cloth. Usually I forget my dedicated reading glasses so you can see my regular glasses dangling out from under the darkcloth as I hold them with the temple in my teeth.