I haven't been paying much attention to this thread, but did someone say the Olympus vari-finder (VA-1) fits Pentax? I have one which I've never used - no idea why I bought it. If you're interested then next time we meet up I could bring it along for you to evaluate, and maybe we could come to some sort of deal.
<http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/198_VA-1.htm> Bob > > Thanks Bob, that's good. > > And thanks to Ecke, PJ, John and Darren for your pearls of wisdom too. > I'll > let you know if (probably when!) I acquire one. > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > > Bob Sullivan > > Sent: 08 July 2010 21:38 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Refconverter M > > > > Chris, > > I dug out the Refconverter M today and put it on the K-7. > > It worked completely. The entire viewfinder was visible, > > complete with the information fields at the bottom. > > This is a plus since the Refconverter A has the bigger field of view. > > The M's is big enough! and at 2X you get magnification! > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Chris Mitchell > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anyone know whether one of these will work with a K7? > > > > > > Here's a picture from Boz's site (thanks Boz) > > > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/misc/focus/refconverter-M.jpg > > > > > > If you remove the rubber eyepiece from the K7, there's a slot there > > that > > > matches the one on my MX viewfinder so it looks as though it's > > compatible. > > > > > > Any thoughts? Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
