You are looking at a custom printed viewfinder extension for the Onestep2(camera not included). If you are like many of us, you were an early adopter and bought a lovely new Onestep2! These are truly great point and shoot cameras, but they have one glaring flaw. The viewfinder, while simple looking and beautiful, is hard to line up on the fly in practice. It is so awkward that Polaroid Originals deemed it necessary to have a how to video and an article on how to use it. You have to hold the camera to your cheek in a specific position for every shot. This can be tricky when you are trying to shoot pictures of a running dog or squirming children!

And to make matters worse, in about 10 months Polaroid redesigned the camera with a new viewfinder while the rest of us were left with the choice of repurchasing a new camera with our old camera less than a year old!!

Enter this extension- you can have the same function of the new camera with this little addition! I have crafted a viewfinder extension that fits your original Onestep2 so it is functionally identical to the new Onestep2 Viewfinder. This is custom designed and does not look like it is squirted out of a factory in China. It has the texture and blemishes typically found in 3d printing- see photos. Having said that, I think it looks quite nice.

I have perfected the viewfinder for use, making over 25 prototypes, tested with lots of film, and put in many hours before settling on this design. I am proud of it and I use it on my camera!

Full disclosure- though this is a big improvement on the original viewfinder, it has the same challenges that almost all instant cameras face with their viewfinders, and all Onesteps (even the ones from the 70s)have this issue. The viewfinder is set off center. This flaw exists in all fuji instax instant cameras and most new and old Polaroid cameras( except most packfilm cameras). You just have to account for the difference up close by shifting the center of your subject to the right in the viewfinder window.

Ok, now to the nuts and bolts. You can permanently mount the viewfinder to the camera with glue, but I prefer a simple, clean, and reversible method. I include glue dots along with black tape to mount it with included instructions. It is entirely up to you which method you choose.

About me: I am an artist, college professor of photography, creative alternative photographer, and maker. I sell mostly Polaroid cameras online, shoot mostly analog, and love to hack things. I am and have always been a fan of the DIY movement. I have a blog called Lo-Fi and DIY (lofianddiy).