At 12:17 PM 8/8/2005, Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Seems to me you want a waist-level finder, plain and simple.
>
><http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/focusing/viewfinders/FF-1.jpg>
Nah. One of THESE:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060701zigview_lcd.asp
I had a friend who did better than that. He bought a broken digital camera
on eBay, which matched the model of his functional digital camera. He
removed the LCD from the broken camera, and connected it to his functional
camera via a 1-meter extension cable he constructed himself. I don't
remember the exact details of the implementation, but I do remember that
the setup was great for holding the camera over your head (perhaps atop a
monopod), to capture shots above a crowd. :)
Some digital cameras have connections for video out, or computer hookups.
It would be great if you could view a "live viewfinder image" over these
connections, but I bet most of these are for playback of previously
recorded shots only. The idea of a "remote viewfinder" is a nice one. If it
could be made wireless, and if the camera had some wireless controls, that
would be even better. :)
take care,
Glen
