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    The waist-level finder (WLF), also called waist-level viewfinder (WLVF), is a type of viewfinder that can be used on twin lens and single lens reflex...
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    Viewfinder (redirect from Albada finder)
    inexpensive cameras. Child's waist-view box camera Mamiya 645 1000s waist level finder Robot Royal III camera with Zeiss Ikon waist level viewfinder attachment...
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    capability existed to allow changing of film magazines mid-roll. A waist-level non-metered finder was available, as well as a non-metered pentaprism and three...
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    coverage viewfinders (including a large-view Action Finder, Waist-Level Finder, and 6x High-Magnification Finder, in addition to the stock DP-30 multi-metering...
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    Two waist-level finders are available; a collapsible model that compactly folds almost flush with the top of the body and a fixed or rigid finder often...
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    and film backs.: 20  With the standard (80 mm) lens and folding waist-level finder, the SL66 measures 173×115×103 mm (6.8×4.5×4.1 in) (L×H×W) and weighs...
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    glasses or goggles. The Speed Finder also has a hot shoe. Waist-Level Finder FN Waist-Level Finder FN-6X Both Waist-Level Finders are useful in situations...
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    available new. The same adaptor also allows the Kiev 60 waist-level finder to be used. This finder is reportedly inspired by the one found on Rolleiflex...
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    were available for the waist level finder with different diopter powers: -4, -3, 0, +1, +2, +3 "Magnifying Hood" (waist level, equipped with a 4× loupe...
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    focusing screens.: 524  With the standard (80 mm) lens and folding waist-level finder, the SLX measures 153×138×85 mm (6.0×5.4×3.3 in) (L×H×W) and weighs...
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    pentaprism finder, called an "eye-level finder" by Canon. Other finders available included a waist-level finder, Speed Finder, Booster T finder, and Servo...
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    1⁄2000 sec., and SL3001 (1985), a simplified SL3003 which removed the waist-level finder and reverted to 1⁄1000 sec. The prototype SL2000 was first exhibited...
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  • Bessa cameras (1929–30) took 6×9 cm frames on 120 film and used a waist-level finder; a button was used to release the front, which folded down and allowed...
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    fundamentally a scaled-down Vest-Pocket Exakta. This camera used a waist-level finder. Various other models were produced, such as the Kine-Exakta, the...
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    automatic aperture actuation and interchangeable viewfinders. The waist-level finder was standard and the pentaprism was an optional extra. The retail...
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    35 mm SLR to enter the market. Additional Exakta models, all with waist-level finders, were produced up to and during World War II. Another ancestor of...
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    the Rolleiflex and the Mamiya C220/C330, the waist-level finder can be replaced by an eye-level finder, using a roof pentaprism or pentamirror to correct...
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    of lightest mirrorless cameras Screen can be tilted and used as a waist-level finder. Optical viewfinder is an optional accessory. Hybrid viewfinder combines...
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    DW-1 waist-level finder (a non-pentaprism head; look down directly at the mirror-reversed image on the focusing screen), the DA-1 action finder (providing...
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  • Figa, the meaning of the three letters on Valentino Rossi's leathers Waist-level finder, a kind of viewfinder used in some cameras WLF, station code for Whittlesford...
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  • waist-level reflex finder, or through a redressing optical device (set of mirrors or prism) for eye-level viewing, giving an eye-level reflex finder....
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    lenses, and neither of the two viewfinders (an eye-level pentaprism or folding waist-level finder) had an internal light meter.: 105  These were remedied...
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    removable and two styles were available: a pentaprism, for eye-level use, or a waist-level finder.: 95  The Contarex Professional or P (catalog 10.2700) replaced...
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    (LX/TLX/CLX) Minox copy stand (2 Variations (LX and non-LX Cameras) Minox waist level finder ((2 Variations (A,B) Minox 90 degree mirror (3 Variations (A,B and...
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    have the built-in eye-level pentaprism finder, which was first seen on 35mm SLR cameras in 1949. Instead, it has a waist-level finder with a central split-image...
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    Unmetered finder with high (6.2×) magnification ratio and adjustable diopter setting (+3 to –5).: D1  W-Finder: Unmetered waist-level finder with pop-up...
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    script is embossed in the name plate in front of the collapsible waist-level finder. The principal designers were presumably Benno Thorsch and Charles...
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    deliver quality images, although the lenses and camera bodies are not at the level of those from Swedish, German, and Japanese manufacturers. Depending on...
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    laterally reverses the image back to normal. Reflex cameras with waist-level finders (viewed from above), including many medium format cameras, display...
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  • FM) licensed to Haines City, Florida, United States Waist-level viewfinder or waist-level finder, a camera feature WLVF (AM), a defunct radio station...
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