Re: finders - hacking solutions anyone?

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 31 Aug 00 at 22:31, Marco Pauck wrote:

> Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> > 
> > On 29 Aug 00 at 1:15, Robert Monaghan wrote:
> > > 
> > > I find the subject of ultrawide finders to be quite interesting,
> > > particularly after pricing some commercial examples (aargh!) ;-) The idea
> > > of spending $450 for a finder is disconcerting, but even the russian 21mm
> > > and leica finders cost more than some of my 35mm SLR lenses (nikkors at
> > > that!)
> > 
> > If you are cool blooded, you could hack a Horizon 202, and have a
> > viewfinder with build-in spirit level.
> > Silvestri sells them under their own label, no idea about price.
> 
> Just talked to Richard Wiese here in Hamburg, who's selling and
> repairing Horizons: He ordered a large batch of finder lenses
> from the factory now that production has been stopped. 

The rumours of 202-production being halted are almost as old and
persisting as the 205PC entering production....8-))

> He told
> me this while I asked him for an exchange of my Horizon's finder
> lens that got a large scratch.
> 
> However, I don't know if this front lens is usable on its own or
> if it's only part of a more complex optical system (guess that).

It's a solid steel/glass unit, with the spirit-level included in the 
top screwing section.... 

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Willem-Jan Markerink

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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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