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photolady95 · 04-01-2018, 06:55 PM

Andoer 1.51X Fixed Focus Viewfinder Eyepiece Eyecup Magnifier for Canon Nikon Sony Pentax. Right now I have the O-ME53 on my K-50, I'm looking for something better and saw the above on Amazon. I also looked at a Tenpa 1.36x but they aren't available on Amazon right now. And no, I don't wear glasses.

Last edited by photolady95; 04-01-2018 at 07:46 PM.

vonBaloney · 04-01-2018, 07:23 PM

I think 1.51x is too much -- I use a 1.35x on my k-5 and already it can be hard to see all the corners at once. Mine is a KPS brand -- doesn't seem to be around anymore, but ones branded SMDV look like the same thing, and supposedly universal fit. I'm thinking mine was Pentax-specific, I'll have to check the packaging I have around somewhere.

EDIT:
Nope: it was a universal fit. Looks to be exactly the same as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/SMDV-Magnifying-Universal-Eyepiece-E01/dp/B00V8IU7MO/...1.35x+eyepiece

I like it anyway -- had it for years and I even have an unopened one for a body I haven't bought yet...

photolady95 · 04-01-2018, 07:45 PM

Thanks but that's a bit more than I wanted to pay. Pentax's is only $22. and change. Since I already have one, I can take that one off the K-50 and put it on the K-30 for now. Btw, it works great on the K-50.

vonBaloney · 04-01-2018, 08:12 PM

Yep. I think you find 1.51x way too much though so the 1.2x is preferable to that. I've never tried the Pentax one, but I tried the 1.22x Tenpa before I got this and decided I wanted more, but not that much more...

photolady95 · 04-02-2018, 12:50 AM

Another brand I was looking at says it goes from 1.08x to 1.51x.

04-01-2018, 06:55 PM	#1
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Anyone ever heard of Andoer magnifying eye piece? Andoer 1.51X Fixed Focus Viewfinder Eyepiece Eyecup Magnifier for Canon Nikon Sony Pentax. Right now I have the O-ME53 on my K-50, I'm looking for something better and saw the above on Amazon. I also looked at a Tenpa 1.36x but they aren't available on Amazon right now. And no, I don't wear glasses. Last edited by photolady95; 04-01-2018 at 07:46 PM.

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04-01-2018, 07:23 PM	#2
vonBaloney Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 6,029	I think 1.51x is too much -- I use a 1.35x on my k-5 and already it can be hard to see all the corners at once. Mine is a KPS brand -- doesn't seem to be around anymore, but ones branded SMDV look like the same thing, and supposedly universal fit. I'm thinking mine was Pentax-specific, I'll have to check the packaging I have around somewhere. EDIT: Nope: it was a universal fit. Looks to be exactly the same as this one: https://www.amazon.com/SMDV-Magnifying-Universal-Eyepiece-E01/dp/B00V8IU7MO/...1.35x+eyepiece I like it anyway -- had it for years and I even have an unopened one for a body I haven't bought yet...

04-01-2018, 07:45 PM	#3
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks but that's a bit more than I wanted to pay. Pentax's is only $22. and change. Since I already have one, I can take that one off the K-50 and put it on the K-30 for now. Btw, it works great on the K-50.

04-01-2018, 08:12 PM	#4
vonBaloney Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 6,029	Yep. I think you find 1.51x way too much though so the 1.2x is preferable to that. I've never tried the Pentax one, but I tried the 1.22x Tenpa before I got this and decided I wanted more, but not that much more...

04-02-2018, 12:50 AM	#5
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Another brand I was looking at says it goes from 1.08x to 1.51x.

Anyone ever heard of Andoer magnifying eye piece?

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