Jock Elliott
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- Troy, NY
Yesterday I was searching B&H's online catalog of used gear, trying to find an affordable 28mm optical viewfinder to slide into the hotshoe of my G12.
I identified two candidates -- a zoom OVF from Nikon and a "universal" 28-135 zoom OVF.
I used the online chat function to talk with folks from B&H. After some palavering, I was told that these two OVFs were only for film cameras and not for digital cameras. Further I was told that they had no used OVFs for digital cameras.
Now, I may not be sharpest knife in the drawer, but I fail to understand how an optical viewfinder for a 28mm field of view for a film camera differs from an optical viewfinder for a digital camera with the same field of view, so long as it attaches in the proper place on the camera. In other words, the 28mm OVF for a Leica M6 ought to work on a Ricoh GR, and vice versa: the OVF built for the GR ought to work on the leica film camera so long as the field of view and the attachments are correct, right?
Or am I wrong? If I am, would someone please set me straight??!!
Cheers, Jock
I identified two candidates -- a zoom OVF from Nikon and a "universal" 28-135 zoom OVF.
I used the online chat function to talk with folks from B&H. After some palavering, I was told that these two OVFs were only for film cameras and not for digital cameras. Further I was told that they had no used OVFs for digital cameras.
Now, I may not be sharpest knife in the drawer, but I fail to understand how an optical viewfinder for a 28mm field of view for a film camera differs from an optical viewfinder for a digital camera with the same field of view, so long as it attaches in the proper place on the camera. In other words, the 28mm OVF for a Leica M6 ought to work on a Ricoh GR, and vice versa: the OVF built for the GR ought to work on the leica film camera so long as the field of view and the attachments are correct, right?
Or am I wrong? If I am, would someone please set me straight??!!
Cheers, Jock