"Fishface" <invalid@ddress.ok?> wrote in message

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> David Ruether wrote:

> > I have used the Sony eyecup originally supplied with the

> > VX1000 on other cameras - I think it is still available

> > for about $30. It doesn't fit perfectly, but it is usable

> > with many cameras with smallish rectangular eyepiece

> > surrounds with flanges at the outer edges - though using

> > it does seriously increase the size of the camera...

> I wonder if the Hitachi part mentioned on this page would

> fit. http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/accessories.html

>

> I found these on eBay, too. I might go to the store and

> measure...

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3811827403

(The direct URL for images of this eyepiece are at:

http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/pics/eyepc.jpg.)

It looks like it fits well, it but adds very little to the width of the

eyepiece (but maybe enough to help), and it looks like it may

force glasses away from the 900's eyepiece. The VX1000

eyecup forces a "wave" in the bottom of the 900 eyepiece

rubber, but it does not interfer with glasses use, and it provides

a much broader light-shield (though it does noticeably

increase the camcorder's effective overall size, a consideration

for packing). BTW, at the tail end of this page (URL below)

is a photo of a similar-sized eyecup (the one for the VX2000,

though this one in some ways is not as good as the one for the

VX1000) that you can use to get an idea of its size and rough

shape (the VX1000 eyecup is thinner and smoother in form,

and it does not have the air-circulation problems of the

VX2000 eyecup that I solved by punching holes in it [don't

you love "improvements" in newer models...??? ;-]) and in

photos above it you can get some idea of its relative size

compared with a VX2000:

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/VX2000_odds.htm.

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David Ruether

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http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com