Hoodman Professional Right Angle Viewfinder for SLR ...

• Includes - Protective Storage Case, Universal Mounting Attachment, User Guide

Hoodman right-angler viewfinder 1x, 2.5x:
Tested the Hoodman r-angle viewfinder doing indoor tabletop setups using the 100mm f/2.8 macro, and then with wildlife in the swamp with the 400mm f/5.6+1.4X extender. It's a lens combination that's always a bear to manage. "Focus-ability" does improve, but far from remarkable. Almost as much trouble as it is worth. Workable, yes, but hardly noteworthy. Definitely has a jury-rigged quality feel, akin to one of those weekend shop projects cobbled together. Flip a switch and the viewfinder changes from 1X to 2.5X (magnification, but only a small portion of the total image is visible at 2.5x). But the units' diopter ring requires a major adjustment (roughly a 90-degree turn with no stops on either end) when going from 1X to 2.5X and back. A major pain, and time consuming... of an image that really isn't crisp to start with. At 2.5X one ends up seeing a healthy dose of pebbly-grain on the camera's viewfinder, the image itself doesn't "pop" in and out of focus. Another negative, the right-angle viewer (mirror plus glass within) kills more camera viewfinder light. Eyepiece isn't really suited for wearers of glasses (as 80% of us do). Glass quality of the Hoodman unit is tolerable in the center, falls off rapidly towards the sides. Eye-opening requires that the eye be exactly over dead-center. On a 5-Star scale I've give it a 2-star rating. Unless otherwise judged a required item for low-angle work, save your money. This isn't a professional tool.

Hoodman Right Angle Viewfinder:
Great little device that I use when doing Macro photography. It has good magnification allowing precise focusing on the subject.

Right Angle Viewfinder:
Comes with adapters for vitually every camera. Works good, not quite excellent, but good. I do use mine and I would recommend it to a friend.

My Favorite Nikon DSLR Camera Tool:
Most of my DSLR shots are Macro, so this Hoodman Viewfinder is invaluable because I am not a contorsionist. Seriously, every serious photographer needs to have a Hoodman Viewfinder in their gadget bag. There are generic knockoffs out there, but I have never been disappointed with Hoodman products. The optic clarity is top notch at each magnification level.

Hoodman Right-angle Viewfinder:
Product seems very good but, honestly, haven't had an opportunity to actually use it yet! Initial set-up was very good and I believe it will work for me in my application of taking Astro Photographs. Only concern I have about it is that the Detents on the swivel portion seem excessively loose and I anticipate that over time (short time) they may become too loose.