Angle Finder For 1Ds MkIII

Tried an angle finder "C" on a 1Ds MkIII but it doesn't to fit. Anyone any idea what is the correct angle

finder for this camera? Thanks.

Gary, the angle finder "C" comes with two adaptors - did you try both of them ?

Petr, thanks for that.

 

Now, where did I put that other adaptor?

many canon eyepieces are 18mm while i think that the 1ds is 22mm

I found the other adapter for the angle finder C and it fits. I guess this is how Cinderella felt

when the shoe slipped on!

Heh, I bet you missed the adaptor at first, it is well hidden in the little soft case. I like the angle finder C, great eye-point for glasses wearers.

The narrower slide-on fitting, now designated Ec by Canon but also compatible in this case with cameras taking Eb eyecups, is more-or-less an industry standard, which is why you can use high-quality angle finders from other mainstream manufacturers on the majority of Canon SLRs and DSLRs, although a few earlier cameras like the F-1 used a screw fitting. The wider slide-on fitting was introduced with (at least some of) the ECF cameras, and was designated Ed. For example, the EOS-3 uses it. I understand that it has reappeared on the 1DII/1DsIII. Prior to the release of the Angle Finder C, Canon sold a feeble little plastic screw-to-Ed adapter at a disproportionate price to fit the Angle Finder B (and Magnifier S) in place of the solid metal screw-to-Ec adapter. The problem with the Angle Finder C is that the finder slips off the adapter as easily as the adapter slips off the camera, a truly lousy piece of design.