Malcolm Hamilton
January 25th, 2016, 09:42 AM
Hi there,
I'm someone who always uses a Hoodman Loupe with my camera, so I'm wanting a way to keep it handy at all times. I'd like to actually 'attach' it to my camera, in fact, so that if I'm walking around with my camera, I don't have to try to fit the loupe in a pocket (it's quite bulky). So I'm wondering about screwing three strong little magnets to a plastic plate I have for one of my wireless receivers—this plate attaches to the Multi-Interface shoe that's in front of the flip-out display. I would then attach the opposing magnets to the heavy rubber side of my loupe. The loupe would then 'stick' to the plate when not in use; when I'm ready to shoot, I would pull it off (the magnets are strong but not that strong), flip out the display and attach the loupe to it.
When I've got the shot, I take the loupe off the display, flip back the display and 'click' the loupe onto the magnetized plate on the shoe.
QUESTION, though, before I proceed: is magnetism a bad thing around a camera? I googled this, and found people saying yes it is, and other people saying, yes it was, back when cameras used tubes, etc., but that it's no longer a problem.
Any advice from actual modern-day Sony camera users would be appreciated!
Malcolm
I'm someone who always uses a Hoodman Loupe with my camera, so I'm wanting a way to keep it handy at all times. I'd like to actually 'attach' it to my camera, in fact, so that if I'm walking around with my camera, I don't have to try to fit the loupe in a pocket (it's quite bulky). So I'm wondering about screwing three strong little magnets to a plastic plate I have for one of my wireless receivers—this plate attaches to the Multi-Interface shoe that's in front of the flip-out display. I would then attach the opposing magnets to the heavy rubber side of my loupe. The loupe would then 'stick' to the plate when not in use; when I'm ready to shoot, I would pull it off (the magnets are strong but not that strong), flip out the display and attach the loupe to it.
When I've got the shot, I take the loupe off the display, flip back the display and 'click' the loupe onto the magnetized plate on the shoe.
QUESTION, though, before I proceed: is magnetism a bad thing around a camera? I googled this, and found people saying yes it is, and other people saying, yes it was, back when cameras used tubes, etc., but that it's no longer a problem.
Any advice from actual modern-day Sony camera users would be appreciated!
Malcolm