28 mm Viewfinder with Diopter

[mitchell]

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Hi,

 

I need a 28 mm external shoe mounted viewfinder that can be fitted with a Diopter lens. It's my understanding that Zeiss makes one for $350. Is there anything less expensive out there?

 

Thanks,

 

Mitchell

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[zapp]

Hi,

 

I need a 28 mm external shoe mounted viewfinder that can be fitted with a Diopter lens. It's my understanding that Zeiss makes one for $350. Is there anything less expensive out there?

 

Thanks,

 

Mitchell

 

You could get a viewfinder for say 24 or 21 mm and you should be able to look through it with glasses on. You would have to tape/mark the 28 mm field of view though.

I have the 15 mm Zeiss Viewfinder and have little trouble to overview the whole frame even with glasses on.

[mitchell]

Thanks Zaap. Good idea.

 

I'm getting a Ricoh GRD II and have been told their new viewfinder works well with glasses so I'm going to try that.

 

With the M8 I always shoot without glasses, but the whole point of the Ricoh is to be more spontaneous so shooting with glasses makes sense.

 

Thanks again,

 

Mitchell

[zapp]

Thanks Zaap. Good idea.

 

I'm getting a Ricoh GRD II and have been told their new viewfinder works well with glasses so I'm going to try that.

 

With the M8 I always shoot without glasses, but the whole point of the Ricoh is to be more spontaneous so shooting with glasses makes sense.

 

Thanks again,

 

Mitchell

 

The GRD viewfinder should show 21 and 28 mm lines as the lens converter reduces the field of view from a 28 to a 21 mm lens. So it should be easy to view the 28 mm lines with glasses on as the whole finder is made for 21 mm.

[mitchell]

Zaap,

 

There are now two GRD viewfinders. The original EV 1 is for both 28 and 21. The new one EV 2 is just for 28. I'm getting the EV 2 which is much smaller and I'm told still works well with glasses. If it doesn't work for me, I'll return it for the EV 1.

 

Thanks for your help,

 

Mitchell