JB Earl Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I'd like to know if the periscope finder ( specifically on the 16 st) is rotatable to higher and lower viewing positions. I've looked all over the web and can't find any detailed info other than extending for left eye viewing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) The basic finder is fixed. I don't know if one was ever made. Edited October 25, 2014 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Earl Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 The camera's finder is fixed straight out the back. Arri made a periscope finder attachment that the say is for left eye viewing with 400' mags. It appears to be rotatable also but I can't be sure as I've never handled one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Peich Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 This may answer your questions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Peich Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Oooops, I should have dug deeper. This shows a cross section of the finder's optical path with the periscopic finder attached.... Warning, when rotating the periscopic finder, the image does not stay "erect", it will rotate and you'll have to cock your head to see a level horizontal image. You'll get used to it :-). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Earl Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 That's great, Thanks Much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Duncan Brown Posted July 5, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted July 5, 2021 Figured I'd awaken this long-dormant topic rather than starting up a new one, just to keep all the similar information together... On my Canon F-1 still cameras (both the original, and the "F-1 new" there is an optional finder accessory called a "Speed Finder" - it's similar to the Arri periscope finder, but only usable in two positions - upright, like the normal SLR finder, and pivoted down, in the "waist level finder" position. Its claim to fame is that it makes the image big and bright and viewable with glasses on or in my case, with the finder held a bit away from the face so you can also watch your surroundings while shooting, say, sports from the sidelines of a game. For decades I've shot with those things permanently in place on my F-1 cameras. So clearly I needed a periscope finder for my 16S, right? Except I got one, and it seems to have the opposite effect from the Canon Speed Finder. The image is small and tunnel-visioned, and you need your face smashed right up against it to see anything. It's like looking through a long tube, where if you don't get your eye precisely dead-center, the image starts to disappear out of view. Is this just how it is? Or am I doing something wrong? Mounted wrong, viewing position wrong, something? I'll add a picture of the Speed Finder so you'll get the idea. Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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