View Finder Magnifiers: Hello, Does anyone have a suggestion on a viewfinder magnifier? My eyesight sucks and I need a magnifier. I'm on a budget so I'm looking for value. Oh I use a...

brokeweb Loc: Philadelphia

Hello,

Does anyone have a suggestion on a viewfinder magnifier? My eyesight sucks and I need a magnifier. I'm on a budget so I'm looking for value. Oh I use a Canon 50D.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Loads on ebay and amazon

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GGS-DSLR-3x-LCD-Viewfinder-Loupe-for-Canon-5D-MKII-7D-/170674140221

profpb Loc: Venice, Florida

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0136/9782/products/VF-4_1024x1024.jpg?653

I have and love my Carry Speed VF-3 and it adjust to any DSLR.

mikemilton

brokeweb wrote:

Hello,

Does anyone have a suggestion on a viewfinder magnifier? My eyesight sucks and I need a magnifier. I'm on a budget so I'm looking for value. Oh I use a Canon 50D.

Assuming you actually are talking about the viewfinder:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/reviews/canon_eyepiece_magnifiers.html

I'm not aware of any good solution for the entire viewfinder frame other than the angle finder

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

they are all the same, cheap or expensive but they all have the same drawback...you get SOME magnification at the expense of losing some of the "view" in the viewfinder.

I have horrible eyesight and I found that getting a camera with a bigger viewfinder (5DII) was the answer.

brokeweb Loc: Philadelphia

rpavich wrote:

they are all the same, cheap or expensive but they all have the same drawback...you get SOME magnification at the expense of losing some of the "view" in the viewfinder.

I have horrible eyesight and I found that getting a camera with a bigger viewfinder (5DII) was the answer.

Well, I don't have that option...just the magnifier will do.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

The sun is so bright in the field, that after macro or landscape image capture, I use my HoodLoupe to check for critical focus, proper exposure, composure, etc. I wear it around my neck when I have camera in hand. The HoodLoupe is 3x mag, with adjustable eyepiece for focusing on LCD screen dot pattern.

brokeweb Loc: Philadelphia

Nikonian72 wrote:

The sun is so bright in the field, that after macro or landscape image capture, I use my HoodLoupe to check for critical focus, proper exposure, composure, etc. I wear it around my neck when I have camera in hand. The HoodLoupe is 3x mag, with adjustable eyepiece for focusing on LCD screen dot pattern.

Hey thanks Nikonian72. Do feel that magnifying your LCD screen is accurate enough for you?

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

brokeweb wrote:

Hey thanks Nikonian72. Do feel that magnifying your LCD screen is accurate enough for you?

I often increase the magnification of my LCD image by pressing the "+" button on back of camera. This works for evaluating just-captured photographs, and for critical focusing with extremely long lenses on tripod, such as the moon, and small subjects at distance.

500-mm Capture of an Aggragation of Monarch Butterflies Over-wintering, at the Corona Butterfly Preserve in Goleta CA

robert-photos Loc: Chicago

brokeweb wrote:

Hello,

Does anyone have a suggestion on a viewfinder magnifier? My eyesight sucks and I need a magnifier. I'm on a budget so I'm looking for value. Oh I use a Canon 50D.

I received this recently and it looked interesting:

http://www.photowhoa.com/vf3_viewfinder?utm_source=PhotoWhoa+subscribers&utm_campaign=978c197c90-vf3_viewfinder&utm_medium=email

melismus Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country

I made mine out of an old, good-quality slide viewer -- just sawed off all beyond the slot.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

I do not know about Canon but Nikon makes replacement magnifier eye pieces i have them on my D800 and D7100

Jane_Austin Loc: Melbourne, Australia

Have you tried to adjust the diopter wheel at all? This may help. Also (requires a tripod) if you set the camera to 'Live View' so that you are using the LCD rather than the view finder you can zoom in to x10 and fine tune your focusing. Not a great strategy for sports I guess but I find it very useful for landscapes. And both of these features are incorporated in your camera body so no cash required :-)

brokeweb Loc: Philadelphia

Hi Jane,

I adjusted the diopter. The problem is that I wear bi-focals, which I can't stand.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

brokeweb wrote:

I adjusted the diopter. The problem is that I wear bi-focals, which I can't stand.

Same here. I adjusted my HoodLoupe eyepiece to compensate.