Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kiev WL and Prism finders for the 88 series cameras work fine on all the C and F series blads.... Jake at Blue Moon Camera has a huge stock of Leica and Blad stuff right now 503 978 0333 On Feb 14, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >> Okay, so I broke the magnifying thingie on my Leica 500CM (to be >> honest, _I_ >> didn't break it, it broke all by itself) someone had recommended just >> buying a >> new waist level finder -- there dont seem to be a huge number of them >> on ebay >> (there's one for a Kiev88, but something in my mind says that doesn't >> fit the >> 500cm, but some OTHER hasselblad?) but there are a bunch of 45' angel >> finders. >> is this a good option? should i "upgrade"? any experience with the >> 45' finder >> as opposed to the wlf? >> >> danke! >> >> kc >> > A very popular way to shoot Hasselblad. By far the most popular finder. > But not mine. > But then again most Hassy users are Wedding Geeks. > It seems to double the weight and bulk of what should be an elegant > little > sweetish cube. > My ELM landed up side down on the floor once the folding finder > unfolded > acted like a perfect NASA designed break away. Never worked so well > after > that for years. I saved up for a year once for a prism. > Finally at one point at a swap meet I bought a brand new waste level > finder > they had meanwhile improved it. Spent 200 plus USD on it. Now you'd > spend > 20!!! > I have all the prisms the old ones made in Germany before the Polaroid > backs > and the new ones but by far my favorite is the waist level. > That's because you can glance down at the camera at your waist and see > the > whole shot as if you're looking at it on a light table. > Then flip up the magnifier and fine focus. > Then flip it down again and shoot the shot from your waste if you feel > like > it. You see the whole shot in one glance I love it. > > I'd not lug a prism to the desert that's for sure. Those things are > heavy. > They're made of crystal supposedly. Which is heavier than glass. > That said you can get them for 99 bucks now. > And they are very Man From U.N.C.L. E. > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >