{"id":2656,"date":"2010-01-10T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T01:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2010-01-10T11:44:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T01:44:14","slug":"optical-viewfinders-for-your-micro-four-thirds-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=2656","title":{"rendered":"Optical viewfinders for your Micro Four Thirds cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people like optical viewfinders, and even the excellent electronic viewfinder (EVF) available for the Olympus E-P2 may not suit their needs.<\/p>\n

Olympus have an optical viewfinder that fits in a hot shoe and was designed for the Olympus E-P1 with 17mm f\/2.8 pancake lens, but it only has a fixed view – to match the 17mm lens.<\/p>\n

An alternative is the type B Voigtlander 15-35 Multi Format Zoomfinder<\/a> which allows setting for either the 2x crop of MFT cameras or the 1.3x crop of Leica M8 cameras and apparently costs $US529.<\/p>\n

The zoom adjustment changes the field of view to match focal lengths from 15mm to 35mm – almost the coverage of the 3x zoom kit lens, and thus could come in handy particularly for those with an E-P1 which does not take an EVF.<\/p>\n

It has a diopter adjustment to correct for your eyesight, and has a generous 15mm eye relief and a locking ring to ensure it doesn’t fall off your hotshoe.<\/p>\n

It is approximately half the size of the Leica 16-28 Universal Wide Angle Finder, and perhaps further adds to the retro look of the E-P1.<\/p>\n

It has a 3:2 field of view so it does not exactly match the 4:3 field of view, but at least it is very versatile otherwise and may save you batteries in not having to always power on the camera to compose scenes.<\/p>\n

It can be used on any camera with a hotshoe and replaces the need for individual optical viewfinders as shown below:<\/p>\n

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Other alternatives include the Helios Multifinder Mk2<\/strong> which is a fixed focal length optical viewfinder but with frame lines for 35mm, 85mm and 135mm – nice for the panasonic 20mm f\/1.7 lens on an Olympus E-P1 but no diopter adjustment. These are cheap (\u00a330.00 from here<\/a>) and may come in handy used as a walk around tool for composing scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people like optical viewfinders, and even the excellent electronic viewfinder (EVF) available for the Olympus E-P2 may not suit their needs. Olympus have an optical viewfinder that fits in a hot shoe and was designed for the Olympus E-P1 with 17mm f\/2.8 pancake lens, but it only has a fixed view – to match […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[18,143,159],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-olympus-e-p1","tag-voigtlander"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t