On 8/8/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: >I've been wondering if there is there is any way I might be able to >actually see what I'm doing if I want to shoot from the hip with one of >my Pentax cameras. Are there any good options for this, besides getting >an LX and a proper waist-level finder? > >I'm not necessarily looking for a finder that would allow me to focus >accurately etc, just something that would give me *some* idea of what >the lens is seeing. Maybe I might use some kind of home-made prism setup >- has anyone experimented with this? Or how about attaching the >viewfinder of an old Kodak folding camera or whatever ? And the >refconverters? Will you actually be able to see anything through those >without keeping you eye very close?
Seems to me you want a waist-level finder, plain and simple. <http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/focusing/viewfinders/FF-1.jpg> Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
