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m ("Waist level"?! The term is usually ridiculous but it's particularly ridiculous here. (Just try using one at waist level.))
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A '''brilliant finder''' is a simple waist-level finder, usually formed of a mirror and two lenses. It gives no focusing help, and the image is reversed left to right. It was mainly used in [[folding]] cameras, [[box]] cameras and [[pseudo TLR]] cameras. It is no longer used today.
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A '''brilliant finder''' is a simple finder designed to be viewed from above, usually formed of a mirror and two lenses. It gives no focusing help, and the image is reversed left to right. It was mainly used in [[folding]] cameras, [[box]] cameras and [[pseudo TLR]] cameras. It is no longer used today.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:38, 3 July 2006

A brilliant finder is a simple finder designed to be viewed from above, usually formed of a mirror and two lenses. It gives no focusing help, and the image is reversed left to right. It was mainly used in folding cameras, box cameras and pseudo TLR cameras. It is no longer used today.

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