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Seagull Angle Viewfinder 1x - 2.5x
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Date of last review
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1711
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Wed February 13, 2008
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Average Price
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100% of reviewers
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£27.00
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8.0
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supersize
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Description:
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• 1X-2.5X
• 9-Elements in 5 Groups
• Adjustable eyesight: +/- 4 diopter
The Seagull digital/35mm film SLR Right Angle Finder is a precision made device which will aid you in situations where eye level viewing may be inconvenient such as close up/macro shots, copying, low and high angle perspectives, microscopy and telescopy.
To make image composition easier, the Seagull’s advanced glass roof prism design ensures the image is always ‘correct’ and not laterally reversed.
Other features include 9 elements in 8 groups optics system for brighter viewing, switchable 1x & 2.5x magnification levels for critical focusing, adjustable +/- 4 diopter eyepiece correction (especially useful for spectacle wearers) and the finder can also be rotated through a full 360o.
To simply attach the Seagull Right Angle Finder to your SLR, affix the supplied mounting adaptor for your camera to the unit and slide the complete assembly on to the camera’s viewfinder.
Comes with Canon EOS 18/22mm, Nikon 22mm (circular screw types available as an optional extra), Pentax and Leica compatible viewfinder fittings and case.
The outer lens element can be carefully cleaned if necessary by employing a lens brush or soft lens cloth/tissues.
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Keywords:
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Angle Viewfinder Seagull
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Author
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orangepeel
Forum Regular
Registered: March 2006
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1477
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Review Date: Wed February 13, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £27.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Very cheap and effective
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Cons:
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Constantly changing the diopter adjustment
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Cost £12, Delivery £15  Bloody hong kong ebayers!
I got the angle finder because I'm not what you might call flexible Coupled with my desire to get the camera into odd places, the angle finder seemed to me to be a good idea.
I'll get into the cons first...
Cons- The device has a magnification control. Unfortunately when you change magnification you need to refocus the eyepiece. Luckily though it's very easy to do.
- Because the dioptre control is so accessible it's unlikely to stay set when put in the bag and reused. This means you're always refocusing. Care must be taken with macro and manual focus work to ensure what the sensor sees is focused correctly and not what's visible in the viewfinder.
Tip: Focus on the focus points in your viewfinder rather than the subject of the photo
- It's not got the most solid feel to it.
- The mounts for different viewfinders are a fairly brittle feeling plastic and don't feel as though they'll stand the test of time in heavy use. Getting replacements if they break may be a problem.
- There is a fair amount of chromatic aberration at the sides in the viewfinder. However as this won't affect IQ it's fairly irrelevant.
- When zoomed to 2.5x the original viewfinder area is cropped on all sides. (Nikon D50)
- At 1x the viewfinder area is even smaller than what's normally visible through the viewfinder. (Nikon D50)
Pros- Price! A comparative Nikon right angle adaptor is over £130.
- Did I mention price?
- Seriously! Price. I can see no reason what so ever for buying a manufacturer equivalent. Especially as the final image is completely unaffected.
- Using this allowed me much more time to compose and adjust settings in what would normally have been a fairly uncomfortable position.
- Full 360 degree free rotation.
- Viewfinder is not reversed. (Some RAA will show a mirror image of the original viewfinder)
- Comes with a soft bag and blower. Handy for keeping it safe and clean.
Overall I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Although it has a few relatively minor issues - which I'm sure a manufacturer equivalent wouldn't display - none of them impact on the final image and the benefits of being able to spend more time composing at odd angles more than makes up for any deficiencies.
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