Angle finder C questions

[duane_kucheran]

I have sold my present angle finder in anticipation of getting a Canon C unit. If have some questions to users of the device. (None of the local vendors have one for me to look at - plus I'd probably order from somewhere else anyway)

 

<p>

 

1.) Canon's blurb says that it has good eye relief so that one's eye can be back a bit from the eyepiece. May I have someone confirm this? I found that the B unit was hard to use in this respect and it was easy to occlude part of the finder by being off center and away a bit.

 

<p>

 

2.) Does the 1x - 2x work well? I have a zoom loupe that was disappointing in this respect.

 

<p>

 

3.) Does the eyepiece have a rubber eyecup and is it removeable? It's not clear from the blurb.

 

<p>

 

4.) It appears to work on both the standard 'S' eyepiece as well as the newer eyecontrolled eyepieces. Does the clip come off and get replaced with the alternate style? If so, is there a round threaded mount underneath that just might fit the F-1 eyepiece?

 

<p>

 

5.) Do you like the gizmo? Do you think it was worth the $$$? Have you any complaints?

 

<p>

 

Thanks kindly for any info you'd care to share,

 

<p>

 

Cheers,

 

<p>

 

Duane

[patrick_higgins]

I have the angle finder C.

1)I find the eye relief good. I wear glasses and no trouble with my

glasses off or on. The focus is adjustable over a good range.

2)The range is 1.25 and 2.5, selectable by a small lever on the angle

finder. I find it very useful for macro work.

3)There is a rubber eye cup which may be removed or more conviently

rolled down out of the way and self-storing.

4)The angle finder comes with two adapters. one works with the EOS-3

and the other works with the rebel series(X,G,2000). I cannot speak

for other cameras but I fancy it would work with them as well.

5) value - first I like the angle finder C. It is a bit expensive. If

you do macro work or take a lot of shots from low angles( which I do )

then the angle finder C is very useful. With the adapters it serves

all my camera.

[steve_keppel_jones]

I picked up one of these the other day too. I thought it seemed a

bit expensive for what it does; for instance I don't really need

a 2x magnification feature. All I really wanted was a little mirror

in an L-shaped tube. :) As the shop guy pointed out, the thing

costs as much as my current camera body (Rebel G). But it does work

very well, and it's absolutely indispensable for doing those low

angled shots. I was doing some mushroom photos the other day with

the macro lens and I wouldn't even have attempted that without the

angle finder. It's one of those things that once you have it, you

won't be able to figure out how you managed to get by without for so

long.

 

<p>

 

Two other points come to mind: it's not obvious from pictures of it,

but you can rotate the finder 360 degrees. I haven't found a use for

this feature yet but give me some time and I'm sure I'll think of

something. (I don't know if this is mentioned in the blurb you were

looking at.)

 

<p>

 

Second, I have to chuckle sometimes at the way photographic

equipment goes in cycles. My father's old Asahiflex finder didn't

have one of these newfangled pentaprism gizmos; you just had to look

down on it from the top. It wasn't unique that way of course. But

trying to get a modern fancy electronic camera to work that way

costs hundreds of dollars extra! Of course the same type of comment

applies to lenses, as Phil is fond of pointing out, with the 50mm

"standard" lenses that used to come with all 35mm cameras in the

old days being replaced now by these newfangled zooms, and you have

to pay extra to get back the "old" configuration.

 

<p>

 

Steve

[paul_ferrara]

Steve, sounds like you could have saved some money by buying the

Angle Finder B.

 

<p>

 

Paul

[bob_royse]

I just got this gizmo. I've never owned an agle finder before and I don't know how I ever lived without it. Angle Finder B apparently isn't available now (2002), but the "C" is certainly a well made optic and well worth the price for anyone who does any sort of photography near ground level. For anyone who doesn't already always carry an angle finder in their shirt pocket, the $175 price tag offers a whole new photographic perspective, with comfort, for a lot less money than a new lens, a hokey "ground pod", or a trip to the chiropractor - or neurosurgeon(!) (because of trying the same shot without an angle finder).

 

The Angle Finder C is the best bargain I've come across in the Canon system. You won't need a computer to use it.

[thomas_webster]

The feedback from everyone is pretty accurate. The only thing that you need to check is if it will fit the Canon F1. Not all of the angle finders fit the F1 and I'm not sure there is an adapter for it. I'm pretty sure the F1 had its own dedicated angle finder.

 

Cheers,