A1 Eyecup

Bill Pryor · January 13th, 2007, 10:32 AM

I thought I could live without it until my first exterior shoot in the bright sun. I had an iCuff on an old TRV900 a few years ago, and it works but is a bit of a pain. I don't really like it. The Sony one is worth the money, although it's overpriced.

There must be somebody on Canon's video camera design team who used to be in their still camera division and has never shot with a pro video camera, and he's the guy who came up with that dumb hard, worthless eyecup, or lack thereof. They could put a real one on and charge another 20 bucks and make money on it and everybody would be happy. Except then the camera would have to cost $4,024.00 (USD) and the marketing department would be screaming that all prices have to end in 99.99 in the U.S. or nobody will buy it. Like gasoline.

Stephen Sobel · January 13th, 2007, 06:37 PM

Does anyone have a link to a picture of the Sony eyecup?

Alex Leith · January 13th, 2007, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Sobel

Does anyone have a link to a picture of the Sony eyecup?

You can see it on page 1 of this thread (attached to my camera!) :-)

Stephen Sobel · January 13th, 2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Leith

You can see it on page 1 of this thread (attached to my camera!) :-)

duh.... I missed that. Thanks!

Bill Busby · January 13th, 2007, 06:52 PM

I received mine today. What a difference. Now I have to get in the habit of tilting the viewfinder up to fit in my bag though. Life is tough :)

Bill

Alex Leith · January 13th, 2007, 06:57 PM

I know what you mean, Bill. I had to move all the dividers in my back to bring the eyepiece away from the edge.

Man, the things we have to do for our art!

;-D

Bill Pryor · January 13th, 2007, 07:03 PM

One note of caution: A guy who bought the Sony eyecup emailed me thinking he had to take off the Canon hard eyecup and asking how I did it. DON'T TAKE OFF THE CANON EYECUP. The Sony one will stretch over the Canon one, and it makes a perfectly sized base for the new one.

Bill Busby · January 13th, 2007, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Pryor

One note of caution: A guy who bought the Sony eyecup emailed me thinking he had to take off the Canon hard eyecup and asking how I did it. DON'T TAKE OFF THE CANON EYECUP. The Sony one will stretch over the Canon one, and it makes a perfectly sized base for the new one.

That goes to show the importance of reading all threads. That was mentioned before in a post, & maybe twice... but of course I'm not going to go look for the 2nd one :)

Bill

Larry Rodman · January 13th, 2007, 08:00 PM

Out of stock from Sony right now.

Bill Busby · January 13th, 2007, 08:09 PM

I bought mine from this place someone mentioned in an earlier post

http://store.nexttronics.com/217941401.html

38.40 + 6.95 shipping

Alex Leith · January 14th, 2007, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Rodman

Out of stock from Sony right now.

Heh! Heh! It's all the Canon owners.

Sony are probably thinking, "Wow - so many people are having problems with their eye-cups all of a sudden"

Lou Bruno · January 15th, 2007, 12:09 PM

OR....... WOW!!!! We are getting more customers buying SONY.

Brent Graham · January 15th, 2007, 12:48 PM

Just ordered my eyecup! 45 and some change! After filming out in African sun for a month, I wish someone would find a sony parts supplier that also sold time machines - so I could go back and use this eyecup for all that daytime shooting!

Matthew Nayman · January 15th, 2007, 01:15 PM

Does the Sony cup help the Smeary look ofd the VF? Like, if your eye moves too far to the side, the image (or whites) smear a bit....

Chris Sinista · January 18th, 2007, 10:58 PM

too bad we cant get a group buy together and get a better deal on this eye cup.

January 13th, 2007, 06:57 PM	#36
Alex Leith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northampton, England Posts: 500	I know what you mean, Bill. I had to move all the dividers in my back to bring the eyepiece away from the edge. Man, the things we have to do for our art! ;-D __________________ Alex

January 15th, 2007, 12:09 PM	#42
Lou Bruno Go Cycle Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntington, NY Posts: 815	OR....... WOW!!!! We are getting more customers buying SONY. __________________ Lou Bruno

January 18th, 2007, 10:58 PM	#45
Chris Sinista Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pasadena CA Posts: 59	group buy too bad we cant get a group buy together and get a better deal on this eye cup.

January 13th, 2007, 10:32 AM	#31
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	I thought I could live without it until my first exterior shoot in the bright sun. I had an iCuff on an old TRV900 a few years ago, and it works but is a bit of a pain. I don't really like it. The Sony one is worth the money, although it's overpriced. There must be somebody on Canon's video camera design team who used to be in their still camera division and has never shot with a pro video camera, and he's the guy who came up with that dumb hard, worthless eyecup, or lack thereof. They could put a real one on and charge another 20 bucks and make money on it and everybody would be happy. Except then the camera would have to cost $4,024.00 (USD) and the marketing department would be screaming that all prices have to end in 99.99 in the U.S. or nobody will buy it. Like gasoline.

January 13th, 2007, 06:37 PM	#32
Stephen Sobel Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 408	Does anyone have a link to a picture of the Sony eyecup?

January 13th, 2007, 06:52 PM	#35
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	I received mine today. What a difference. Now I have to get in the habit of tilting the viewfinder up to fit in my bag though. Life is tough :) Bill

January 13th, 2007, 07:03 PM	#37
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	One note of caution: A guy who bought the Sony eyecup emailed me thinking he had to take off the Canon hard eyecup and asking how I did it. DON'T TAKE OFF THE CANON EYECUP. The Sony one will stretch over the Canon one, and it makes a perfectly sized base for the new one.

January 13th, 2007, 08:00 PM	#39
Larry Rodman New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 23	Out of stock from Sony right now.

January 13th, 2007, 08:09 PM	#40
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	I bought mine from this place someone mentioned in an earlier post http://store.nexttronics.com/217941401.html 38.40 + 6.95 shipping

January 15th, 2007, 12:48 PM	#43
Brent Graham Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 222	Just ordered my eyecup! 45 and some change! After filming out in African sun for a month, I wish someone would find a sony parts supplier that also sold time machines - so I could go back and use this eyecup for all that daytime shooting!

January 15th, 2007, 01:15 PM	#44
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	Does the Sony cup help the Smeary look ofd the VF? Like, if your eye moves too far to the side, the image (or whites) smear a bit....