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Been spending a lot of time on here!
I don't want to invest a whole lot into my DSLR, as I am planning on replacing it someday withe an NEX-7. However, this might not be for some time yet - for one, the NEX-7 hasn't been released and I am not sure when I'll have the money put together.
In the meantime, however I am having a lot of trouble focusing, I prefer manual focus but my eyesight isn't good enough to be using the puny viewfinder on my A350 effectively. Direct from China, ebay offers a couple of options that I am considering.
One is a Seagull 1x, 3.3x selectable magnification finder. The other is a no-name microprism finder which I wuld have to install.
I've read moderately good reports on the microprisms on ebay, they say there is some dimming, which is OK provided the microprism functions adequately and accurately. Does anyone have any experience or heard any outright negative reports?
I know what I'd be getting with Seagull, they made an inexpensive but decent Yashicamat copy back in the late 1990's. I'm inclined to go this direction just because it's a brand I comfortable with and more important I can always take it off easily if I don't like it.
But will the finder actually help in critical focus, or for whatever reason would I be better off with the cheap microprism?
In the meantime, however I am having a lot of trouble focusing, I prefer manual focus but my eyesight isn't good enough to be using the puny viewfinder on my A350 effectively. Direct from China, ebay offers a couple of options that I am considering.
One is a Seagull 1x, 3.3x selectable magnification finder. The other is a no-name microprism finder which I wuld have to install.
I've read moderately good reports on the microprisms on ebay, they say there is some dimming, which is OK provided the microprism functions adequately and accurately. Does anyone have any experience or heard any outright negative reports?
I know what I'd be getting with Seagull, they made an inexpensive but decent Yashicamat copy back in the late 1990's. I'm inclined to go this direction just because it's a brand I comfortable with and more important I can always take it off easily if I don't like it.
But will the finder actually help in critical focus, or for whatever reason would I be better off with the cheap microprism?