An enabled John Celio wrote:
-- Delkin pop-up LCD shade
http://www.delkin.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=270&cat=63&page=1
I had to do a little surgery to get this to fit properly on my *ist D,
but
it was worth the effort (had to cut the eyepiece off and epoxy it back on
a
little to the right). The shade makes a huge difference in bright
sunlight,
and I like having it there to protect my screen anyway.
John -
What does the end result look like? I'm looking for something to protect
the still unscratched D LCD and, since Delkin doesn't have one specific to
the D, I've been looking at their 1.8 generic. Hadn't thought of hanging
the DS on - there's that difference in screen size.
The screens on the D and the DS are the same size, I believe. You're
probably thinking of the DL's screen, which is much bigger. Had the DS's
screen been bigger than the D's, I probably wouldn't have had to cut and
move the hood to properly fit the D.
I used my Dremel tool with a thin cut-off wheel for the cutting, and
5-minute-setting epoxy to put the pieces back together.
Anyway, here are some pics I took just now:
http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood2.jpg
The parts that look "wet" on the black plastic are where I tried to wipe off
excess epoxy.
The eyepiece used to be centered over the hood, so you can see here how far
off it was when put on the D instead of its intended camera model, the DS.
http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg
Since I don't own another digital camera but wanted to show the hood on my
D, here is a mirror-in-mirror shot of the hood in action. It fits like a
glove now, and I love having it there. The hood fits right under my glasses
if I look through the viewfinder while the hood is open
By the way, to the right of the viewfinder on the D, the body rises towards
the user a little bit. In order to get the hood to fit squarely, I had to
cut away a little bit from the back of the hood's eyepiece (if your heart
just skipped a beat or two thinking I was going to cut into my camera, sorry
about that). It was a minor modification, but it makes it fit perfectly
square now.
Good luck with the surgery if you get the hood to try on your D. :)
John Celio
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