DSLR adjustable focus magnifier

[boulder]

I started out making a viewfinder but ended up with this instead. Mounts on the hot-shoe and is made from one of those Helping Hands magnifiers for soldering etc. Adjustable so it can be viewed from different angles when mounting on shoulder supports etc.

 

[Ted Ramasola]

Hahahaha!! I Love it!

 

[Kellar42]

Careful not to burn any spots into your LCD during bright sunlight!

 

[bill totolo]

Just in time for the Sherlock Holmes premiere.

 

[boulder]

True. I thought it was a bit more steampunk though

 

[jonE5]

lol, i might try this

 

[boulder]

I'm calling it
"The Jules Verne Visual Amplifier"

 

[Jackson Miller]

BE Careful not to burn your LCD! People normally keep caps on their loupe viefinder things otherwise it literally burns holes into the the LCD.

 

[boulder]

Thank you , I will be careful

 

[Chris Light]

Just in time for the Sherlock Holmes premiere.

now THAT'S funny :thumbup:

 

[j]

 

[pjsssss]

Sleepy Hollow?

 

[j]

yup.

 

[jrod81]

what all components did you have to buy? sell me one man! it doesn't look complicated but i am in the midst of a shoot and don't have time to build one but we need something like this to help us out!!!

 

[boulder]

Really would be faster for you to get one shipped from manufacturer and you can put it together in 5 mins.

Ok very simple...do a google search for "Helping Hands magnifier" and sort by lowest price first:
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=helping+hands+magnifier&scoring=p

You can get them for about $5 with shipping. Then just dis-assemble it and make what I have here (just like your old erector set)


Now the attachment to the hotshoe is just a piece of metal (or better yet plastic) cut to 1" x 3/4" and held on with one of the dew-hickeys. (it has to be fairly thick to fit snuggly in the hotshoe)





It will now attach to the hotshoe and you can adjust it however you need. It also swings away quickly. Make sure you are careful and not getting focused light back on the LCD and burning a hole in it.




P.S. If you need one immediately and want to pay more I think they have them at RadioShack
But if you guys really really don't want to make it I'll sell you one of mine for $25 for all the sweat and hard labor I put into it.

 

[jrod81]

i had boulder send me one for $25... i am done with it so if anyone wants this feel free to pm me. i will pass the $25 price on to you (just give me a few bucks for shipping and if you are using paypal a few bucks for that too). i can ship it off just whenever...

 

[BeeDee]

How did it work for you? Why are you selling it now?

 

[boulder]

it is a good cheap solution in lew of a viewfinder, but outside in the sun it's better to have a viewfinder. I used it untill I broke down and bought a LCDVF knockoff