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No way to overlay crop lines on a viewfinder?

• anonymousiam 3y ago
  Not without modifying the camera. The traditional 35mm camera has a mirror and prism so the viewfinder sees what the film will see. The crop lines would need to be added somewhere in the mirror/prism/viewer path. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera
  • dylan604 3y ago
    You could etch/overlay them onto the lens of the view finder itself. similar to the cross hairs on a telescope eyepiece
    • NikkiA 3y ago
      Good film* cameras had interchangable viewfinder/focus-aids that are just an etched piece of glass in the viewfinder optical path. You'd ideally want to etch crop lines onto one of those. * And digital SLRs, most of the higher end Canon and Nikon dSLRs can take a replacement viewfinder glass that adds a manual focusing ring or suchlike, they're usually cheap about £30 last I checked (pre-covid), but fiddly to install.