Re: prism finder for the sputnik

[Stephen Kearney <slk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you haven't seen a Sputnik then you wouldn't get my little joke.  The
sports finder is just the opening created when you flip down the front
piece of the viewfinder hood.  No glass involved.  You peer through it
and get the rough frame.  I find it entirely adequate and never use the
waistfinder.  I focus by estimating the distance to the subject and
setting the lenses with the scale.

Some TLRs have the same sports finder arrangement.


Lme Kbee wrote:

> Is the sports finder the one that it comes with?
> Isn't the image upside down?  I don't have a sputnik
> yet.  One reason I am not sure I want one is that I
> don't think I would like having to get used to the
> image being upside down.
>
> Lincoln
>
> --- Stephen Kearney <slk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Prism?  Who needs a prism?  I use the sports finder
> > exclusively.  It's
> > the sharpest, brightest viewfinder I've ever seen.
> > Those Russian optics
> > are amazing :->