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45 degree viewfinder - worth the money?

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Architeuthis Regular Member • Posts: 491
Re: 45 degree viewfinder - worth the money?

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

Architeuthis wrote:

P.S.: I am not the only one who likes 45°, look at this Wetpixel tread here: https://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?/topic/68502-do-you-prefer-a-45-or-180-degree-viewfinder/

Yes, I participated in that thread.

Some of my decision depends on how easy it is to rotate the finder for portrait mode. I do a lot of portrait mode, and of course the 180 degree finder is perfect for switching back and forth a lot between it and landscape.

I find rotation of the viewfinder easy: you just take it with one hand and rotate it (at least the old MIL version that I have) - no unscrewing, unplugging etc. required. Of course on additional issue that one has to take care of, but this is UW-photography...

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