Eye "cup" for D300?

[manaheim]

I used to have this rubber eye cup on my Canon AE1. It did a great job of ensuring a more lightproof seal between my face and the camera... helped to expose the shot without me grinding my eyeball into the eyepiece.

Has anyone seen such a beast for sale? I haven't seen one anywhere in searching. I might be looking using the wrong terms.

Thanks!

 

[henryp]

The D300 comes with the Nikon DK-23 eyecup. This is nothing like the relatively massive Canon ED-E.Offhand I don't know of a similar "beast" for the D300.

 

[Dweller]

This seems to be a common complaint. This guy came up with a solution it looks like

http://www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=149&topic_id=125883

ahh here you go. I may look at something like this for my D70 as well.

http://www.enjoyyourcamera.com/Niko...or-Nikon-D70-D70s-D50-D200-D100-etc::175.html

 

[manaheim]

^^^ oh yes... nice. I may try that. Thank you!

 

[Joves]

That is sweet. I dont know how I missed that post.

 

[manaheim]

UPDATE...

I found an eye cup on ebay. Just got it today. (from Japan, interestingly enough)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Eyecup-for-Niko...ryZ15215QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I like it. It's very comfortable, totally seals off exterior light, and has the added benefit of keeping my ginormous schnoz off of the LCD screen. It does kinda stick out a lot more than the one I had on my AE1 eons ago, but it seems to work better too. I'll let y'all know how it works in the field, but so far I'm pleased.