Can I use Minolta Magnifier V Eyepiece Finder on the rebel xt?

[Xinca]

It will works with can be used on any Minolta XE, XD, XK, XG, X700 or

and SRT 100 or SRT 200 series cameras.

But I want to use it with rebel xt.

Does any one has experience? Tks a lot!

[Xinca]

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[robin_sibson1]

Back in the 1960's Canon, Pentax, and Minolta all had a common eyepiece fitting, and Canon have never departed from it except for the ECF cameras and for a few cameras like the F-1 where accessories screwed into the eyepiece. Assuming the Minolta fitting is also still the same - and it appears to be - then the Minolta magnifier should fit and work. Try it.

[bennyboy]

I'm awaiting some parts to cobble a nikon rubber eye cup, 1.2X magnifier, and round to sqaure converter into something similar, search on fredmiranda for details.

[larry h.]

Yes, it will work just fine. I have used mine on my non-ECF EOS camera. As long as you don't try it on an Elan IIE or 7E, or an A2 or a 3, it will work fine. Even better is the fact that a used Anglefinder Vn will also work just fine.

[roger krueger]

Mine works fine on my 1dsII.

 

BUT...

 

Do not use this Minolta in a rough environment. Unlike any other eyepiece I've ever seen,

it's smaller than your eyesocket. Someone bumps the lens and you get poked in the

eyeball. The one time it happened to me it scared the $#%& out of me. A few more pounds

of force and I'd have looked very stylish as a pirate.

[Xinca]

Tks for all of answer. This is the best of the photo.net. Always can get usful help here.

Roger Krueger: You really scare me But I feel a little more safe because I am wearing glass alway.

 

I already bought that VN one. But I still want this one. I am not using for macro. I am going to use it with manual focus lens. I am going to start play with Pentax Takumar M42 lens now.

[roger krueger]

It doesn't work well with glasses--you get a significantly smaller field of view. Worse, the

eyepiece is metal. Plastic lenses it'll kill in a few weeks, real glass lenses will last a lot

longer, but even they'll get scratched eventually. You might be able to make it glasses-

safe by giving the metal surface a couple coats of nail polish.