Homemade viewfinder

[garry71]

As the hotshoe viewfinder for the Ricoh GRD is about £130, I thought I'd have a go at making one myself.
It doesn't have any glass in it, so it doesn't show a wide angle view, but it comes in useful if the sun's too bright for the lcd screen. It's quick to use and I can use it with both eyes open as I get the same perspective with both eyes.
I put it on my Nikon F50, and the angle of view is roughly equivalant to 80mm in 35mm format.
All I have to do now is work out how to make some glass!

 

[Nadeem]

Nice and then you can start selling to people at a 1/5 of what they charge

 

[JEmerson]

Be even cooler if you add glass and create rough(or prescise) markings to represent 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. Then it's a mini rangefinder that autofocuses.