Magnifying Eyepiece

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  1. cymric

    cymric New Member Site Supporter

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    Hello Friends
    I've recently found the joys of adapting cheap but usually excellent quality legacy lenses on my Canon 350D. Since my model doesn't have Live View, I was wondering does Canon have magnifying eyepiece like Nikon ? I use the DK-21M on my Nikon and found it helps with manual focusing.

    Cheers!
    SM
     

  2. Phil

    Phil Administrator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    If you can't find an eye piece, another option that might work would be hooking it up to a tablet and downloading an app that does live view.
     
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    gabriel New Member Site Supporter

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  4. cymric

    cymric New Member Site Supporter

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    Might work but it's too complicated for me o_O
     
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    cymric New Member Site Supporter

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  6. n3rv19

    n3rv19 New Member Site Supporter

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    Thanks! I was wondering the same thing but for an original 5D. I have a few m42 lenses I have been trying to use. It looks like both of those magnifiers support the 5D so I might give it a try.
     
  7. JimmyDranox

    JimmyDranox Member Site Supporter

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    Same magnifier, from another seller, at a lower price. The seller is good, I have bought a lot of stuffs from them, but free delivery is not very fast.
     
  8. Ray-UK

    Ray-UK Active Member Site Supporter

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    Have you considered changing the focus screen to a split image type, that's what I used to have on my old 350D and it worked well with manual focus lenses. Canon don't make one but they used to be available from sellers on ebay.
     
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