In dire need of 20mm viewfinder... and cheap

[clayne]

The problem is that I don't like ultra wide distortion.

You have to embrace the look and feel of a wide-angle in order to effectively use one. Besides you can't really have wide and zero distortion unless you're shooting an inherently wide format.

I had a 17-40 from canon. The thing is huge, the quality is OK, but it makes the lines curvy. For some reason, when I have a fridge in the corner of my photo, I like it to be straight. It's very important to me.

This is barrel distortion that Canon wide-angles tend to head towards. Nikkors don't typically do this

Not all WA distortion is equal.

[darkosaric]

How did you know? LOL

Well - I was thinking about same thing a while ago: to buy summicron or summitar to put it on zorki4 but on the end I emptied my pocked and got leica

[pryan9]

did you try the ikodot? I believe someone on here told me about this recently.

http://www.ikodot.com/frameashot.html

[John Koehrer]

$100 for a finder or wire frame?. I know, the frame is multi-focal length but geez.

[lxdude]

And the Ikodot is--$100!

After the Ikodot, $100 for a proper finder doesn't look so shabby.

My opinion is, just look at the cost of a finder as part of the cost of the lens you wanted.

[Andrey]

My opinion is, just look at the cost of a finder as part of the cost of the lens you wanted.

When I look at it like that, I got a pretty crappy deal.

[lxdude]

When I look at it like that, I got a pretty crappy deal.

It's all how you view it!

[6x9]

lol. I posted a response but in the wrong thread (http://www.apug.org/forums/forum65/7...ml#post1009273)

The Zeiss 21mm finder is worth every penny. I got mine for about $250 USD. It is flawless and IS the best 21mm finder.

[michaelbsc]

If you have any place local that still processes film in the disposables, then ask them for a bag of the bodies. Go through the various kinds in the bag looking for the one with the "closest" finder, then mask it to work. Tear the finder out of the cardboard and figure out how to mount it in a tube for your own use.

Ugly? You bet. Ugly as home made sin. Functional? You bet. Mine works like a champ, but I have a 28mm lens. (On a FED2.)

Cheap? Well, that all depends on what your time is worth.

[Andrey]

If you have any place local that still processes film in the disposables, then ask them for a bag of the bodies. Go through the various kinds in the bag looking for the one with the "closest" finder, then mask it to work. Tear the finder out of the cardboard and figure out how to mount it in a tube for your own use.

Ugly? You bet. Ugly as home made sin. Functional? You bet. Mine works like a champ, but I have a 28mm lens. (On a FED2.)

Cheap? Well, that all depends on what your time is worth.

Do you know of any point and shoots with a 20mm lens?

The only one I know is vivitar wide and slim.