Speed Finder

[AgX]

Of course with right angle finders, you have to put your eye right up to it while the action finders are intended to have your eye much farther away.

Yes of course. For some uses there is no chance to put the eye at the eyepiece and thus there is a need for such optical sports finder, but with macro work and such it is "just" a matter of comfort. And a right-angle finder can still be used facing upwards when the camera is in portait orientation. Not all optical sports finder that can do this.

 

[Fixcinater]

I have a Speed Finder for my F1n, it's lovely to use as I wear glasses. I haven't found a reasonably priced one for my New F1 with the special rubber eye cup but I am looking as it is that much better than a normal finder for me. Not too much more bulk considering how big the lenses for this system are.

I threw that camera onto that giant 1200mm I got a while back and my nieces were very impressed looking at the moon. Not quite a telescope but great view and very accessible with the camera down at their level (think 3-5 year old) with the finder rotated as if it were a WLF.

 

[CMoore]

-Wow..!!!.....you have a 1200mm lens.?
What a beast, do you hand-hold it.?

 

[Marco Gilardetti]

The manuals lists their "official" description - Canon New F-1 lists it as "Speed" finder, Nikon F3 has it as "Action" finder and Pentax has it as "Action" finder. Obviously the word speed, action or sports all imply the same thing.

I disagree with your final conclusion I'm afraid: action finder and speedfinder refer to the same type of finder, but a sportsfinder is a completely different type of finder, as already pointed out by others.

 

[AgX]

Let's say, sports finder indicates its general function, if necessary one can add optical or wire-frame.

Yes, with sports finder I immediately thought of a wire frame finder, but things evolve and thus a optical finder may called so too. I also used the term wire frame finder for finders that got no wire any more at all.

 

[macfred]

Even my Rolleiflex 3.5F (and lots of others) has a sportsfinder (aka eye level frame finder); I never used it so far.

 

[Les Sarile]

I disagree with your final conclusion I'm afraid: action finder and speedfinder refer to the same type of finder, but a sportsfinder is a completely different type of finder, as already pointed out by others.

I said the word itself - speed, action or sports, all imply the same thing but not that the designations "action finder" and "speedfinder" are the same types of finders. I agree that the official designations used by the manufacturer should always be used.

 

[AgX]

I would love to have that Canon finder... but so far none showed up at the rummage boxes I frequented, nor the new-F1, which I am "lacking" too.

Thus you fellow canny savers, do you use wire-frame finders of any kind on your SLRs ?

 

[abruzzi]

-Wow..!!!.....you have a 1200mm lens.?
What a beast, do you hand-hold it.?

You need to have a shutter speed of 1/1200?

 

[ic-racer]

And one of the strangest...

Along those lines...this one has a built-in coupled rangefinder! The Rolleimeter...everyone thinks it is an exposure meter.

 

[AgX]

Weird, as I do not get the idea behind Rolleimeter.
I mean, the idea behind an optical sports finder is to enable off-eypiece viewing (as with the wire frame) but still with information the ground glass of a reflex camera is yielding.
The best I can think of in thise case is the idea to add the often praised benefits of a rangefinder camera to a reflex camera.
Could someone make me wiser?

 

[TeeSquare]

I love the Sport Finder on a Nikon F, F2, F3, F4 and F5!

 

[narsuitus]

I love the Sport Finder on a Nikon F, F2, F3, F4 and F5!

Did you use the Sports Finder for any subjects other than sports?

 

[TeeSquare]

Did you use the Sports Finder for any subjects other than sports?

Yes all the time