on 1/21/03 11:16 AM, Jan Steinman at Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have heard that Pentax made a right-angle finder that fits OM bodies, but
> unlike the Olympus Varimagni Finder, used a prism instead of a mirror, so that
> left-right orientation was correct.
>
> I'm doing a lot of copy stand work lately, and the Varimagni is just too
> annoying for positioning small items.
>
> Anyone use the Pentax and like/dislike it?
>
> Anyone have one for sale?
>
> Anyone know a good place to look for one? (There's always evilBay, of
> course...)
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At a recent local camera show I saw one made by Leitz (marked 'Leica') which
used a pentaprism (kind of upside down from the one in the camera) and
worked really well. Had me thinking about ways to modify it to fit an OM,
because the fitting for the eyepiece wasn't similar, but it looked like a
creative and good machinist could make something work... Probably end up
costing a lot, the guy selling the thing wanted $100+ for it.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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