CP4500 Monitor Hood (1 Viewer)

GR Triever

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2003

• #1

Found this while browsing this morning; the price looks a bit steep, and there's no magnification, but for all you CP4500 users, here it is:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/product/257199/NIHLCP4500/REG/4968

Regards,

GR

 

IanF

Moderator

• Nov 15, 2003

• #2

I guess I'll stick with the X'tend-a-view Mini Pro for $30 from Photosolve - even from the UK at $30 it's a snip and has a 2x magnifier built in.

 

Kiki

Well-known member

• Nov 17, 2003

• #3

The X'tend-a-view Mini Pro is available from Warehouse Express at £33.99 - probably cheaper than paying P&P from the US.

 

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Al Downie

Well-known member

• Nov 17, 2003

• #4

Jessops also do one: a concertina-type thing but it works well and is attached with velcro for easy installation/removal. Quite cheap as I recall. If there's a disadvantage, I say that it makes the controls a bit more fiddly, but I can live with that.

Is the magnification on proper jobs of any benefit - does it make focussing any easier?

Al

 

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IanF

Moderator

• Nov 17, 2003

• #5

Al Downie said:

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Is the magnification on proper jobs of any benefit - does it make focussing any easier?

Al

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Yes the 2x magnifier enables you to use the larger LCD screen as a camera viewfinder with your eye right up to it. It's still a bit grainy but I find it a lot better method for focusing.

 

Paul Rule

Well-known member

• Nov 17, 2003

• #6

Al Downie said:

Is the magnification on proper jobs of any benefit - does it make focussing any easier?

Al

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It makes things much easier if you normally use reading glasses, as you wont need them to check focus or settings.

Paul

 

christineredgate

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• Nov 17, 2003

• #7

Is not that similiar to the sunshade gadget which one fixes onto the lcd screen (usually with velcro),supplied by Eagle Optics,as that seems to magnify and it allows one to see the screen in bright sunlight.I find it neccessary,but a nuisance,as the velcro does not hold,and it is one more thing dangling on a string ,as it were ,along with the remote etc.But it does work and it magnifies the screen.
Christine.