Kontur
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The Voigtländer Kontur was an accessory shoe-mounted viewfinder of unusual design. It is intended to be used with both eyes open, with the finder only projecting a set of framelines onto the view of the subject seen by the unobstructed eye.
Although considered as a “first-class suspended-frame finder” by Roger Hicks[1], he also notices that “apparently some people simply cannot use them”. Stephen Gandy says that the Kontur “is a very unusual finder, and one of my favorites”, and Dante Stella says that “is a neat little piece of equipment for digital or film”.
This finder can be used in any other 35mm camera with a 50mm lens. There were also Kontur finders for 6x6 and 6x9 cameras, as well as for 35mm lenses in 35mm cameras, but that one seems to be rare and hard to find.
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| How the Kontur finder works image by Danipuntocom (Image rights) |
References
- ↑ HICKS, Roger. A History of the 35mm Still Camera. Focal Press, London & Boston, 1984. ISBN 0-240-51233-2.
Links
- Choosing Accessory Viewfinders, by Stephen Gandy, at CameraQuest
- Voigtländer Kontur 50mm finder, at Dante Stella's technical articles
- Voigtländer Accessories, at Voigtländer camera collection
- Kontur finder, by Daniel Jiménez, at From the focal plane to infinity
