47mm Super Angulon viewfinder

Tumbles · Nov 26, 2021

I'm getting a 4x5 point and shoot camera, and I've been trying to figure out if anyone makes a viewfinder for a 47mm Super Angulon. I've been searching for a while, and I'm not really finding anything clear cut. Viewfinders for other focal lengths are so much easier to find.

There is a Cambo wide angle viewfinder, which might work since it has changeable masks, but I'm not finding much info on what masks are available. Also, people sell these for like $600. This is more expensive than most of the lenses I own.

I'm hoping there's a more affordable option out there.

ic-racer · Nov 27, 2021

15mm finders are pretty common and should get you pretty close.

Tumbles · Nov 28, 2021

ic-racer said:
15mm finders are pretty common and should get you pretty close.

That may be my best bet. I was hoping to find the correct aspect ratio. Maybe I can make my own mask.

I just found this in my search: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31203-REG/Linhof_001378_45_Multifocus_Viewfinder_with.html
How can this be real? How can a viewfinder cost $2300?

MARTIE · Nov 28, 2021

Hi,
Is your 47mm SA the XL version or the non-XL?
It's just that you haven't mentioned it.

Tumbles · Nov 28, 2021

MARTIE said:
Hi,
Is your 47mm SA the XL version or the non-XL?
It's just that you haven't mentioned it.

It's the XL version.

Bob S · Nov 28, 2021

Tumbles said:
That may be my best bet. I was hoping to find the correct aspect ratio. Maybe I can make my own mask.

I just found this in my search: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31203-REG/Linhof_001378_45_Multifocus_Viewfinder_with.html
How can this be real? How can a viewfinder cost $2300?

Maybe because it zooms from 72 to 360mm, is parallax corrected and also corrects for field size for near to far distances ad uses rotating masks for different formats?

David Lindquist · Nov 28, 2021

Tumbles said:
That may be my best bet. I was hoping to find the correct aspect ratio. Maybe I can make my own mask.

I just found this in my search: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31203-REG/Linhof_001378_45_Multifocus_Viewfinder_with.html
How can this be real? How can a viewfinder cost $2300?

Available from Linhof & Studio for £975 or about $1300 at today's exchange rate. Shipping would be about £22. See: https://www.linhofstudio.com/produc...ries/Linhof_Multifocus_Optical_Viewfinder_5x4

David

Tumbles · Nov 30, 2021

I bet it sure is nice, but way out of price range.

I just found this, and it looks very promising: https://www.mr-alvandi.com/technique/viewfinder.html

MARTIE · Dec 24, 2021

Saw this and remembered your post.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224743740586?hash=item3453c554aa:g:L5YAAOSw2xVhu1IJ

kahlheins · Dec 30, 2021

I have a fotoman 47mm viewfinder: http://www.fotoman.cc/showPro.asp?id=45

Using it wit a 6x12 mask. Don't have any comparison, but it's good enough for me.

xya · Dec 31, 2021

I have a 47mm cambo wide that I use with a 6x12 roll film back https://www.oddcameras.com/cambo_wide_470.htm and I have a simple, non-parallax-corrected viewfinder for it. as I do landscape and street photography it works very well. as far as I remember there was a guy in israel on ebay who made these on command. he made several for me for different wide cameras and it was always fine enough. it was something in the $40 range, so you don't expect precision, but I got what I need...

jtk · Jan 1, 2022

I'm using a Samsung digicam finder. Better built than recent Leica finders but does require awareness of mount alignment (impossible to explain)

47mm Super Angulon viewfinder

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