Indeed - the late Can on rangefinder VF's had an automatic parallax
corretion - a pin that pushed up for close focus. A lot of good
quality finders like the German Tewe models have a manual correction
lever.
The Helios is like the cheap round ones you see around for old Yashica
Electro rangefinders - nothing. You'd need something like a Mamiya
Paramender tripod thingy to do it - it drops the camera for viewing
and then raises it for shooting
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 03/05/2010, at 6:12 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Are you sure you're not just dealing with parallax error? Sounds like
> you were up close and personal with those bluebells and I doubt that
> any
> auxiliary optical finder to fit the hot shoe is going to suit for
> macro
> photography or near macro. Have you maybe forgotten what it was
> like to
> use a rangefinder up close? Remember the parallax correction marks
> for
> near focus where "near" was probably defined as about a meter.
>
> A 25mm finder is going to have an easier job of pointing the camera up
> close than something designed for a longer focal length.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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