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Why & how I made a DIY 35mm mini-Viewfinder – Guest post by Eddy

By Eddy / August 2, 2016 May 12, 2020 / Mods, DIY & Lens Adapting / 21 Comments

One day I was going through a bag of knackered old point and shoots looking for a decent donor lens to use on a cardboard camera I was making (as you do) when I noticed that nearly all of them had pretty good and small 35mm viewfinders. The Voigtlander mini came to mind. Inspiration! What if?…

Hacking a 35mm viewfinder out of a Canon AF7 – Guest post by Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen / July 30, 2016 July 30, 2016 / Mods, DIY & Lens Adapting / 39 Comments

I wondered if it was possible to use the gorgeous viewfinder of this humble lump of plastic on a real camera such as the LEICA IIIa which has a definitely crappy viewfinder – at least if you wear glasses like me.

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