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Focusing using manual lenses

Started May 22, 2017 | Questions thread
Skip py Senior Member • Posts: 1,157
Re: Focusing using manual lenses

Hi

Another one, cheaper and easier to use I guess, is the magnetic LCDVF (probably the 4:3 model for 3'' screens if it the size for k-r ?).

Drawbacks :

- you have to glue something "permanent" to the back of your camera

- you have to clean the screen first, then put the base on the screen and keep something heavy for one night on it to get a good contact (some users reported it could take off : I never experienced such a thing)

- always take firmly the camera, not the LCDVF : magnetic power is enought to keep it on the camera ... not the other way round !

- no diopter if you wear glasses (well, I use it with glasses too and that's ok for me)

- really BIG with small camera and lens : see below O-ME 53 is more inconspicuous !

- depending where you live you can find it at different prices it seems !?

Advantages :

- when it's well glued, just put the LCDVF on it and that's all, take it off and put your camera in your pocket

- nice to have for video or photography as it helps stabilize the camera

- you can use focus peaking, if available on you camera, to get the focus where exactly you want, with a BIG viewfinder, even on a sunny day

Regards, Fred

K01 + wide angle 15mm f/4 : not a pancake, but too small for the LCDTV

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