Hi Alan, I thought that was you. I agree, it's an amazing difference. I just now finished cutting one from a old Olympus RC rangefinder cover glass. It's not coated but it was the right thickness, a diamond bit in the Dremel made short work of shaping it. Even without the coating I can see a radical difference looking thru the finder assy. It'll be interesting to see what it's like compared to the coated one on the camera. I have to get up the guts to disassemble the other 1n, those little switch contacts bend SO easily! :-(
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Glass viewfinder optics for the SF1n(Resend) > > > --- Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for replying Andre, > > I came to the same conclusion that the SF1 had the glass and > > the 1n the plastic. > > I did buy a 1 for the viewfinder for $22.00, haven't found > > another cheap one yet. > > It looks as though only the eyepiece glass is needed, the other > > two lenses look like coated glass. (I could be wrong) > > The eyepiece is just plain glass so I may be able to cut a > > coated filter down to fit. > > Seems there was someone (Alan?) who did this for a PZ1p. > > It certainly makes a BIG difference in the VF image. > > I remember the SFXn I tried at a local store had coated glass > eyepiece, but the SF1n > I just bought from eBay has plastic (ouch!). I hated the plastic > eyepiece so much I > cut one from HOYA HMC SUPER UV to fit my Z-1p, and the viewfinder > is actually > sharper (especially noticable when manual focusing). But what's > more important is I > don't need to shield it with my left hand now whenever I shoot > outdoor. The > viewfinder simply flare no more. Anyway, the SF1n is defective so > it will be back to > its owner. :-) > > ===== > Alan Chan > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >
