I used a Mamiya tlr for years shooting weddings and 90% of the time I 
used the sports viewfinder.  Looking at a ground glass is not the only 
way to frame a shot.  Just ask the old Leica users.

On Monday 23 December 2002 06:14 pm, Timothy Sherburne wrote:
> Ummm, well, I've been working with the Yashica for some time now, and
> I haven't had any trouble with the reversed image. I does take a
> little experimentation at first, but I'm past that point. I don't
> think the Mamiya is different in this regard, and the time I've spent
> with a Mamiya in the shop, while hardly exhaustive, doesn't indicate
> that it's a radical departure from the Yashica. The essentials are
> the same. Neither camera lends itself to "action" shots, but I'm not
> looking for that anyway.
>
> And there's always a prism viewfinder for those who can't get past
> the reversed image:

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Ken Archer Canine Photography
San Antonio, Texas
"Business Is Going To The Dogs"

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