| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
stingOM
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Posts: 3168
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2012-12-27
|
 Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:28 pm Post subject: Korean made SMDV 1.3x dSLR Eyepiece magnifier |
 |
|
stingOM wrote:
Hi Folks,
What do you think of this product?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SMDV-E-03-1-3x-Eyepiece-Eyecup-Set-1MCs-for-Canon-1D-MK-II-MK-III-MK4-5D-MK-III-/171513572094
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/221297202755?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Rather expensive, but I wonder if it is any better than a cheapo version?
 [/img] |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
LucisPictor
Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 17633
Location: Oberhessen, Germany / Maidstone ('95-'96)
Expire: 2013-12-03
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
LucisPictor wrote:
The reason why I have never used one of those gadgets is that you pay for seeing things bigger by not seeing the whole image anymore.
With a 100% viewfinder you only see about 75% of the image that is recorded.
_________________
Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
Carsten, former Moderator 
Things ON SALE
Carsten = "KAPCTEH" = "Karusutenu" | T-shirt?.........................My photos from Emilia: http://www.schouler.net/emilia/emilia2011.html
My gear: http://retrocameracs.wordpress.com/ausrustung/
Old list: http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=65 (Not up-to-date, sorry!) | http://www.lucispictor.de | http://www.alensaweek.wordpress.com |
http://www.retrocamera.de |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
stingOM
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Posts: 3168
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2012-12-27
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
stingOM wrote:
Seems to be a good product for cropped sensor
http://forum.mflenses.com/kps-design-1-3x-viewfinder-magnifier-first-comments-t28674.html |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009
Posts: 9096
Location: Houston, Texas
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
cooltouch wrote:
I bought one that gives me 1.35x magnification for my Canon EOS XS (1000D) a couple years ago or so, and it's never come off the camera since. Mine doesn't cut off any of the image, either. I find that, in order to see the entire image, I have to push the eyepiece up to my eye a bit farther, but that's it. Plus, the eyepiece rotates for dioptric correction, the way you would adjust the variable eyepiece in a set of binoculars. The zoom one wasn't around when I bought mine, so I can't comment on it. But they all work on the same basic principle.
The field of view is so squintingly small with my XS -- even with the magnifying eyepiece -- I can't even imagine anymore doing without one of these things.
_________________
Michael
My Gear List: http://michaelmcbroom.com/photo/gear.html
My Gallery: http://michaelmcbroom.com/gallery3/index.php/
My Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/11308754@N08/albums
My Music: https://soundcloud.com/michaelmcbroom/albums
My Blog: http://michaelmcbroom.com/blogistan/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012
Posts: 4744
Location: Cheshire, England
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
philslizzy wrote:
| the literature wrote: |
| Dizziness may occur depending on the deviation in some individuals |
Not for me then!
_________________
Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
stingOM
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Posts: 3168
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2012-12-27
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
stingOM wrote:
Alternative product is the Tenpa 1.22x or 1.36x 6th generation magnifier |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
std
Joined: 09 Feb 2010
Posts: 1826
Location: Bulgaria
|
| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 8:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
std wrote:
I have one of those but haven't used it recently - have to dig it out 
It just magnifies a bit and focusing may be a little bit easier - but don't expect miracles.
My eye sight is good so i see equally better with it and without it.
On the downside image gets a little bit darker and you do not see the borders as they are captured by the camera.
_________________
Stefan
My lens list:
SLR MD: Rokkor 1,7/50 Exakta: Kilfitt-Makro-Kilar E 3.5/4cm; CZJ 2/50 Pancolar;M42: CZJ 2.8/50 Tessar; Mir-1B 2.8/37; Jupiter-9 2/85 T-mount: Tamron 5.9/200; Tamron 6.9/300; Tamron 7.5/400 C-mount: Cosmicar 1.8/50 Y/S: Sun 3.5/38-90, Sun 4/70-210 RF Contax RF: Jupiter-8 2/50; Contax G:CZ 2,8/21 Biogon T; CZ 2,8/28 Biogon T; CZ 2/35 Planar T; CZ 2/45 Planar T; CZ 2,8/90 Sonnar T |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009
Posts: 9096
Location: Houston, Texas
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
cooltouch wrote:
| stingOM wrote: |
| Alternative product is the Tenpa 1.22x or 1.36x 6th generation magnifier |
That was the name I was trying to think of. Tenpa. I have a 1.36x. And honestly I don't notice this alleged cropping that others seem so concerned about. It has helped some with my trying to use MF lenses on my crop-bodied camera -- and keep in mind that the entire point of these magnifiers is to increase the size of the image one sees from the dinky fields of view one gets with a crop body -- but I've run into enough other shortfalls with trying to use MF lenses, especially fast ones, that I have largely given up, except in certain controlled circumstances. Now that I have a NEX though, these issues are moot. And my crop-body Canon sits on the shelf, gathering dust, as the NEX gets all the attention now. 
_________________
Michael
My Gear List: http://michaelmcbroom.com/photo/gear.html
My Gallery: http://michaelmcbroom.com/gallery3/index.php/
My Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/11308754@N08/albums
My Music: https://soundcloud.com/michaelmcbroom/albums
My Blog: http://michaelmcbroom.com/blogistan/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
stingOM
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Posts: 3168
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2012-12-27
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
stingOM wrote:
How about turning your old camera phone into a live viewfinder?
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/04/make-a-super-simple-smartphone-to-slr-adapter-using-an-extra-eyepiece/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
poilu
Joined: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 10472
Location: Greece
Expire: 2019-08-29
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
poilu wrote:
I have a kps one and it is very good, I used it the 40D and now on the 5DII
cheaper ones introduce distortion and blurred borders
1.35x is a low factor and almost nothing is cut
it is useful for manual focusing lens wider than 50mm
_________________
T* |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Search
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
