I think it's interesting..

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited June 8, 2005 in Accessories
Found on dpreview today:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060701zigview_lcd.asp

Simple gizmo attached to your OVF and gives you the nice flip LCD, so you can do waist-level shooting (candids, low-angle shots, etc).
Kinda gives you the best of both worlds - razor-sharp true OVF for the normal shooting, and the convenience of the LCD when you need it..
"May the f/stop be with you!"

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  • ChaseChase Registered Users Posts: 284 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    Price doesnt seem that bad tiehr, especially if they dont perfectly do the conversion ratio. Otherwise its gonna be like 250 dollars. umph.gif
    www.chase.smugmug.com
    I just press the button and the camera goes CLICK. :dunno
    Canon: gripped 20d and 30d, 10-22 3.5-4.5, 17-55 IS, 50mm f1.8, 70-200L IS, 85mm f1.8, 420ex
    sigma: 10-20 4-5.6 (for sale), 24-70 2.8 (for sale), 120-300 2.8
  • BridgeCityBridgeCity Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    Thats a pretty good idea actually... I cant tell you how many times someone has picked up my camera to take a picture and stared at the LCD screen expecting to see something :D Then I tell them you have to look through the viewfinder to see the shot, and they look at me like it is prehistoric...
    :dunno www.BridgeCityStudios.com:dunno
  • ChaseChase Registered Users Posts: 284 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    BridgeCity wrote:
    Thats a pretty good idea actually... I cant tell you how many times someone has picked up my camera to take a picture and stared at the LCD screen expecting to see something :D Then I tell them you have to look through the viewfinder to see the shot, and they look at me like it is prehistoric...
    Same here. rolleyes1.gif

    "is it on?"
    "where's the picture?"headscratch.gif

    And i just laugh at them.....
    www.chase.smugmug.com
    I just press the button and the camera goes CLICK. :dunno
    Canon: gripped 20d and 30d, 10-22 3.5-4.5, 17-55 IS, 50mm f1.8, 70-200L IS, 85mm f1.8, 420ex
    sigma: 10-20 4-5.6 (for sale), 24-70 2.8 (for sale), 120-300 2.8
  • MitchMitch Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    Didn't Contax have something like this?

    Mitch
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    :bluduh Just after I buy an angle finder.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    No warries, mate!
    wxwax wrote:
    :bluduh Just after I buy an angle finder.
    Yours looks way more Pro than this p-n-s LCD thingie:D

    Jokes aside, yours is truly optical, right? And the price is like 60% of this new gizmo...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    Nikolai wrote:
    Yours looks way more Pro than this p-n-s LCD thingie:D

    Jokes aside, yours is truly optical, right? And the price is like 60% of this new gizmo...
    nod.gif Yes, and I saw that. It comforts me to know that I paid less for something optically superior. 1drink.gif
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2005
    Kewl!
    wxwax wrote:
    nod.gif Yes, and I saw that. It comforts me to know that I paid less for something optically superior. 1drink.gif
    Question: can you view from the distance (like that LCD) or you need to "press" your eye into it? I mean - can it be used for candid/waist level shooting? I didn't get that from the description..

    Thanks!
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • luckyrweluckyrwe Registered Users Posts: 952 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    Think of how easy it will be to take pictures from overhead or around corners!
  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    Sid
    wxwax wrote:
    :bluduh Just after I buy an angle finder.
    2882A002AA.jpg
    How do you like it?
    How about the magnification for focusing?
    I am also thinking of getting one of these for my landscape photos.

    Thanks
    Fred
    http://www.riverbendphotos.com/
    http://www.facebook.com/Riverbendphotos
  • SeymoreSeymore Banned Posts: 1,539 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    USAIR wrote:
    wxwax wrote:
    :bluduh Just after I buy an angle finder.
    2882A002AA.jpg
    How do you like it?
    How about the magnification for focusing?
    I am also thinking of getting one of these for my landscape photos.

    Thanks
    Fred
    Yea... I'd also like to know your feeling about this wxwax!
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    Nikolai wrote:
    Question: can you view from the distance (like that LCD) or you need to "press" your eye into it? I mean - can it be used for candid/waist level shooting? I didn't get that from the description..

    Thanks!
    It came on Tuesday, I haven't slotted it on yet, Nikolai. I'll try it and report back.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    USAIR wrote:
    2882A002AA.jpg
    How do you like it?
    How about the magnification for focusing?
    I am also thinking of getting one of these for my landscape photos.

    Thanks
    Fred
    Yes, that's why I bought it as well, Fred. After Yosemite, I realized that kneeling down in puddles wasn't my strong suit. I found myself having trouble lining up shots when the tripod was set close to the ground.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Yes, that's why I bought it as well, Fred. After Yosemite, I realized that kneeling down in puddles wasn't my strong suit. I found myself having trouble lining up shots when the tripod was set close to the ground.
    nod.gif
    Fred
    http://www.riverbendphotos.com/
    http://www.facebook.com/Riverbendphotos
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