2011/11/19 Kirk Thompson <thompsonkirk@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I spotted a rather beat-up RolleiWide, but it comes with a prism instead of > its own hood. > > I assume the original hoods with WA sportsfinder are impossible to find. > And I don't think the prism finder would work very well on it, because one > of the nice things abut a WA Rollei is that if you hold it level at chest or > tummy height, you don't get as much convergence/distortion as when you point > a camera downward from eye level. > > So my question is: Does the regular hood & magnifier from an E or F work OK > on a RolleiWide (using the viewing lens, of course, not the sportsfinder)? Kirk: There is a Rollei Wide waist level hood at the auction site right now, look for the item 390043055368 ; anyway I think you could use a regular hood and magnifier, the viewing lens, the mirror and the focusing screen form the image, the hood has nothing to do, you only lose the Newton glass for the sportsfinder.- Carlos --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list