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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:51 pm    Post subject: Accessory rangefinder , any experience? Reply with quote
I intend to get an accessory rangefinder to help focussing my isolette II .Do you have some experiences wich such a device ? any recommendations?


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a Watameter and a Medis accessory rangefinder, both of which I have tried and they work equally well. I think the Medis is possibly a bit brighter ? Both can be easily calibrated, which is important.









But when it comes to looking cool, the Watameter wins hands down !
Cool


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any of them okay if accurate , many of them not even if it works. Require to adjust it, Voigtlander is best and most expensive.

They are available with m and feet scales , check your camera and pickup matched one.

To calibrate external RF and for portraits or sculptures I used ultrasonic distance meter really cheap, accurate and it has both type of scale, but not works on bush Smile


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Medis and Watameter are both very good. There's also the Voigtlander that will cost several Isolette cameras,
if you want one. Smile


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
Medis and Watameter are both very good. There's also the Voigtlander that will cost several Isolette cameras,
if you want one.

I had a Vito D plus Voigtländer rangefinder for € 12.50. Very Happy
What do you pay for an Isolette Shocked ??


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Minolfan wrote:
Quote:
Medis and Watameter are both very good. There's also the Voigtlander that will cost several Isolette cameras,
if you want one.

I had a Vito D plus Voigtländer rangefinder for € 12.50. Very Happy
What do you pay for an Isolette Shocked ??


You were very lucky, avarage cost is 50-100 usd.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got one from martin and i find it very useful, i use it on a voightlander camera.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
How is the russian Blik ? seems to me a it has a rather large base


PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't know about the Russian ones - haven't tried them, but judging from the latest Kiev and Zorki if it's made in latest years (80-ies) it should be good one.
I have 2 very old Watameters (in meters and in feet) and both are very good.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A lot of them are fairly similar - here are instructions on how to align one. To be honest, I have never used mine.


Photopia Rangefinder instructions by Nesster, on Flickr


PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I ended up with a BLIK . Hope is not going to need adjustment .I'll probably get it in 10 days from Ukraine


PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lloydy wrote:
I have a Watameter and a Medis accessory rangefinder, both of which I have tried and they work equally well. I think the Medis is possibly a bit brighter ? Both can be easily calibrated, which is important.









But when it comes to looking cool, the Watameter wins hands down !
Cool


I've a Medis and although I can calibrate the left/right I cant get the images to line up vertically. If its anything to do with the screwhead in the middle, well it does nothing on mine. Help.

I have a couple of rangefinders and find them useful once in a while when I can't focus on my microprism screen.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I received the Blik ,wich is crap ! Well , at least my copy . But wait , don't jump to conclusions Laughing I opened the box (unscrewed two screws ) and took apart the cover (wich has the 2 windows on it ) .When I looked thru the rangefinder without the cover , BINGO !
I can see two images an I can superpose them wnen moving the wheel . I have to check the accuracy , and if it's good , I'll use it just like that , without "panties" Laughing


PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
yinyangbt wrote:
I received the Blik ,wich is crap ! Well , at least my copy . But wait , don't jump to conclusions Laughing I opened the box (unscrewed two screws ) and took apart the cover (wich has the 2 windows on it ) .When I looked thru the rangefinder without the cover , BINGO !
I can see two images an I can superpose them wnen moving the wheel . I have to check the accuracy , and if it's good , I'll use it just like that , without "panties" Laughing


X-Ray vision as well! Shocked Laughing


PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a Blik and a couple of Watameters. Both good in different ways, but I like the easy calibration on the Watameter.
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