Olympus XA rangefinder

[j_sevigny]

A while back, someone posted a message explaining how to improve the yellow patch in the

viewfinder on an Olympus XA with a magic marker. Anyone recall such a thing or am I

hallucinating again?

 

Thanks

[michaelging]

J, I remember the post and tried to find it without any luck. I believe it was to put a yellow or orange highlighter on one of the windows . It also said you could cut a piece of yellow or orange gel and do the same thing.You still may be hallucinating ,I would get that check out.:)

[h._p.]

It used to be a pretty common practice to put a piece of yellow or orange filter material over the rangefinder window to increase the contrast against the main viewfinder image. People on a budget used a piece of toffee wrapping paper, which had the added advantage that you'd have to sample several toffees in order to find a suitable piece! I'd be loath to do anything as drastic as using a pen on the glass in case you over did it and ended up with a bright yellow opaque patch in the centre of your viewfinder.

[ben conover]

Very interesting, I will go and try the toffee wrappers with my Fuji now.

[jack_lo_..._t_o]

I think Rick Oleson was the source. You find an eraseable black marker, look thru the viewfinder and put a black mark over the rangefinder spot. It works.

[saotome_genma]

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