Very slightly mad mini project...

[huw_finney]

Fun is what the CV15/Bessa L is all about, to aid 'candid' shots (a

bit tricky at a foot or so though). I have added a triangle to the top

of the finder approximating the FOV. Second thoughts, if it works I

will make a hot shoe triangle so the whole thing is more pocketable.<div></div>

[EricM]

Huw, you should set up a small work bench to perform <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008r74"> this task.</a> People would be sending you their bodies from miles away.

[ray .]

cool huw.

[ross_evertson1]

"very slightly"

[travis1]

what's the triangle for again?

[frederick_muller]

Very cool, Huw. You know something, you don't even need a triangle. Just two appropriately spaced points at the front edge of the body, relative to a center position for your eye. It could be as simple as two sticky dots on the front edge.

 

You know what would be totally Buck Rogers? A kind of laser pointer that fired off two beams at the requisite angle.

[huw_finney]

Two lasers, not candid!

[dan flanders]

I have an easier methof yet. Put two dots in the corner of your eyeglasses that define the angle of view of your most used lens. And I suppose you could put one focal lenght on the right and another on the left, then squint to find your field. This is a variation of what a lot of old timers have been doing for the past fifty or so years; memorize the field of your most used lens and you will employ it automatically, or if you know the limits of your widest lens then it's a small matter to work inside that frame of referece for lenses of narrower field. Carry a varifocal view finder and practice estimating lens coverage of various scenes you encounter.

[huw_finney]

Harry,

 

I don't wear glasses (yet), for most 'middle' focal lengths I can guess OK but this one is a bit tricky.

[__jon__]

>Travis . ?, feb 22, 2005; 02:28 p.m.

 

>what's the triangle for again?

 

It's a pointer with the message "I'm with stupid"...

 

:D

[larry h-l]

It works rather well. I have triangular lines and a couple of small nails on the top of my

pinhole cameras for sighting. (Not recommended for plastic finders).

[jsbc]

For the 15mm, as long as something is in front of you, just point and shoot, you don't even have to aim, even if it's one meter away. I save the coldshoe for a level.

 

However, maybe I need to inscribe on the Leica topplate:

"15mm --> Tuck in Tummy!"

 

 

But Huw, you are ingenious and very innovative.

[red_buckner]

"tuck in tummy"

 

and check your zipper!