Re: Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 17, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Larry Levy wrote: I offer an alternative: There is a Seagull Right Angle Viewfinder from China. Yes, I'd forgotten about that one. I'm usually skeptical of the Seagull products as my past experience with Seagull lenses on their TLR cameras was pretty negative,

Re: Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-17 Thread Larry Levy
David queried: I need to find a magnifying right-angle viewfinder for ME Super and ZX-5. The Refconverter-A seems to be rare and expensive. I've heard that an Olympus Varimagni will fit over the Pentax eyepiece and work just fine. Can someone confirm (or deny) this? Fred replied: 'Tis true.

Re: Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I obtained an Olympus VariMagni unit and find that it fits the MX and *ist DS viewfinder eyepieces *perfectly*. Here's a picture: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/ds-w-olympus-varimagni.jpg It is very crisp and clear, the two magnifications are both useful. Compared to the Refconverter A,

Re: Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-16 Thread Fred
> I need to find a magnifying right-angle viewfinder for ME Super and ZX-5. > The Refconverter-A seems to be rare and expensive. I've heard that an > Olympus Varimagni will fit over the Pentax eyepiece and work just fine. > Can someone confirm (or deny) this? 'Tis true. The OM Varimagni fits jus

Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-16 Thread David Bean
I need to find a magnifying right-angle viewfinder for ME Super and ZX-5. The Refconverter-A seems to be rare and expensive. I've heard that an Olympus Varimagni will fit over the Pentax eyepiece and work just fine. Can someone confirm (or deny) this? Thanks DKB