Building a viewer shade for the Caplio GX100

[Jesito]

For those GX100 proud users, that do not want to spend $180 on a VF-1 electronic viewfinder, there is a cheaper solution to avoid the sunlingth fading the LCD vision:

First I did a design on paper. A tab fits in the flash socket to keep the shade attached to the camera. In the downside, a 3/4 screw fixes the shade.

I took a piece of rigid black plastic sheet, I cut the shape, folded, glued and voilà, you have a cheap alternative to the VF-1.







Hope this helps to someone else.

Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax K10D
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Agfa Isolette II, Mamiya 645E
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX I, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30, EXA500, EXA 1A
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520


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