V'lander Waistlevel finder

[andy_piper2]

Voigtlander/Cosina offers a right-angle finder for wide-angle lenses (see cameraquest.com's V'lander accesories page). Has anyone out there tried this? I'd like to know if it is a true waistlevel finder where you can see the whole image with your eye several feet away from the eyepiece (as with Nikons with the prism off) or if the eye must be right against the finder (as with the rightangle finders for FM2/Leica R, etc.)

 

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In the past I've taken some great ground-level or over-the-top-of-the-crowd pictures with Canon F-1/Nikon F-F3 bodies with the prism off without having to put my belly in the grass or stand on a ladder. I'd like to be able to do this with my 21 on occasion now that I'm using Leica M. Any info?

 

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Thanks

[msitaraman]

No, alas, its more like the Nikon finder... :-(

 

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However, the long discontinued Leitz finders AUFSU (50mm) AHOOT

(28/50mm), AYOOC (35/50mm) do what you want if you can find one at a

reasonable price, around $300 or so for the AUFSU. The other two are

basically overpriced collectors baubles. Ok, the AUFSU is too :-)

 

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Here is a picture-they come up on www.ebay.com occasionally.

[msitaraman]

Sorry, errant finger hit the submit button . The URL is

 

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http://www.leicatime.com/Aufsu.jpg