New OLYMPUS VARIMAGNI Right Angle VIEW FINDER for OM-1 OM-2 OM-3 SLR Camera NIB NOS

Includes original leather case, instructions and box. New Old Stock (NOS).

This unique and exclusive unit for the OM System combines the two functions of angle finder and magnifier, incorporating 9 lens elements and a reflector. It fits over the camera's eyepiece, and can be adjusted for individual eyesight. Its eyepiece tube is rotatable 360°, for use in low level and 90° angled shots. The two-stage, one-touch switching system offers both a 1.2x magnification image covering the whole screen, and a 2.5x enlargement of the central portion for critical focusing. For photomicrographic use, insert the Eyecoupler (not included) between the camera and Varimagni Finder.

The two-stage, one-touch switching system offers both a 1.2x magnification image covering the whole screen, and a 2.5x enlargement of the central portion for critical focusing. For photo-micrographic use, insert the Eye coupler between the camera and Varimagni Finder. In effect, it does the most of the tasks like an interchangeable pentaprism design, but with far less hassle more economically. The Eye coupler is required when the Varimagni Finder is used in photomicrography. Well, during the eighties, the Pentax has designed a system finder for their flag ship model, the Pentax LX which is by far the most innovative among all that I have seen, the FB-1 system finder which has three couplers to suit your needs.Although such an design is from a different camera manufacturer but nevertheless, the principle is good enough to inspire a Company like OLYMPUS to take good look at its Varimagni Finder design which has been around for quite a while now since the OM-1n during the early seventies and has not been seeing any appropriate upgrade.