I've been using the CV 35mm finder ( the small chrome one) on my Canon G5
for some time now. Works well as I usually shoot at the w/a position only.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:08 AM, Carlos J. Santisteban <zuiko21@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Chris and all,
>
> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Yes, it's a cheap round thing, all right. I had not noticed when I got it
> that the brightframes
> >are off to one side.
>
> I was thinking about purchasing one of those viewfinders, but because of
> your comments I'm losing interest on it. Thanks for sharing your
> experience.
>
> >Add to that the fact that the eye relief is quite short which means that I
> have to press my eye
> >to the blimmin' thing to see the outer frames ...
> >
> >Using the CV viewfinder is much easier with eye relief and brightness.
>
> Especially important for us glasses wearers ;-) The current 28 and 35 mm CV
> finders (metal, cylindrical shape) are the most expensive of the range, but
> they're really SUPERB! Brighter and "contrastier" than life, very compact,
> well made and with a pleasantly long eye-relief...
>
> The regular series of CV finders (plastic, rectangular frame) are very
> good,
> but not as nice. Even the Russian 35mm finder I own is a tad brighter, but
> also bigger.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
> IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
> <http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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