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45 degree viewfinder - worth the money?

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Barmaglot_07 Contributing Member • Posts: 633
Re: 45 degree viewfinder - worth the money?

kelpdiver wrote:

If I were going to get one, it would be the 45. The 180 doesn't offer much to me. But of course being mirrorless, the LCD already serves the 180 uses well, at the cost of battery. You being on the SLR is a different matter.

It's counterintuitive, but AFAIK on most, if not all mirrorless cameras, the viewfinder consumes more battery than the LCD screen,

But this is again where the external 5" displays interest me, as they can be shifted up and down on angles as you wish. The Nauticam solution will cost considerably more than 1300 - I think it's probably closer to 3 for the housing, the monitor, and the cabling. But Backscatter sells the Anglefish which is a single piece housing/display for ~1500.

There's also the Weefine WED-7 which is somewhat slimmer than the Anglerfish.

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