Tag Archives: Viewfinder

Kiev 4A light leaks

My otherwise excellent ’61 Kiev 4A suffered from occasional (bad) light leaks, seemingly caused by a strong light coming from the frontside of the camera. This was something I could not ignore, considering how good the rest of the camera … Continue reading

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Another Kiev 4A – and some buying advice on Kievs

A new Kiev 4A A bit over a year ago I bought a ’80 Kiev 4A. It was quite a rough example, it worked… just and just, the shutter was noisy, they were slight grinding noises while advancing the film, … Continue reading

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Customizing Olympus PEN (part 1): VF-2 viewfinder

No camera is perfect: neither the old film cameras nor the modern digital variety, not even the otherwise excellent Olympus Micro Four Thirds range. I’ve had an Olympus PEN E-PL3 as my main digital camera for over a year, and … Continue reading

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Miranda viewfinders

One of the most distinctive features of the Miranda SLR cameras was the interchangeable viewfinder system. Some other camera companies have also used a similar system on some of their models (notably Nikon F, Canon F-1 and some Topcon models, … Continue reading

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Olympus VF-2 viewfinder

As almost all of the modern digital camera users probably agree, the LCD screens on those cameras are in some lighting environments excellent to use, but in some other situations are at best, awful, and at worst, impossible to use. … Continue reading

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