Varavon Loupe EX GH1/GH2 , reviews, impressons

jules

@ratlabproductions great, thanks! fingers crossed!

rsquires

I am interested in this too. It's probably something Varavon could make as an add on if you already own the GH2 one. However I thought the dimensions of the screen had changed a bit too from looking at images of the 2 cameras.

rsquires

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gh3/images/comparedgh2_rear.jpg

This doesn't bode well for even the loupe size!

vicharris

The body is wider and longer and the screen is different. No way anything is going to line up boys.

Rambo

@theteddy Thanks, finally found someone else with old age eyesight issues, either that or the only ones owning up to it :-). My solution was to purchase 3x cheap reading glasses and look at the LCD screen from 3inches away. Fark, can't believe my eyesight must have been this good once, my arms were too short to read the newspaper 20 years ago. All my Loupes are in the bin.

RatLabProductions

Just gave the Loupe EX a try. It doesn't fit. There was a glimmer of hope as the bracket fit. The eye piece was a tight fit but the GH3 screen is wider than the GH2 so it doesn't fit.

kellar42

Shit.

jules

@ratlabproductions rereading your post, do you mean you can mount the loupe onto the camera and LCD of, but that you just can't see the whole screen because the LCD is bigger... eg it sticks out the side a bit?

cp_from_oz

@vicharris Have you solved the Varavon twisting problem which interferes with FF?

RatLabProductions

@jules

It slid on very tight and due to the GH3 LCD screen being wider (to fit on the wider body) it didn't allow me to see the full right side of the screen before running into the bracket.

vicharris

@cp_from_oz Without other support, nope. There's just no way to get it down tight enough and since it raises the body of the camera up a little from whatever you have it locked down to, it moves a little more. I was using a tripod mount adapter but wanted the option of using different mount lenses, so I took the tripod mount part off and picked up the varavon lens support thing sold on here. It took my a bit to figure out how to fit everything on my rails but it's good to go now with that Lens support thing.

cp_from_oz

@vicharris Great you have nutted this out. Any chance of posting a pic? Either here or http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5293 I am still trying to work out best solution for rails, cage, battery access etc.

vicharris

@cp_from_oz Sure, I'll throw a few pics up right now. They aren't the best but I'll explain what the hell is going on best I can.

labalbi

Anyone tried the Varavon UNI in the GH3 ?

escapehatch

I think a few folks are going to like the rig I just built. GH3! (btw not the solo as I misstated in the video, it is the proper Varavon ex GH1/2 supporter)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@escapehatch

Thanks. Very interesting approach.

escapehatch

@Vitaliy_Kiselev I never saw it coming.

escapehatch

@labalbi @vicharris @kellar42 @Rerbreg @RatLabProductions @rsquires @miko @cp_from_oz See my video above regarding the viewfinder on the GH3. With some creative rigging it can work.

vicharris

So is it all supported off of the hot shoe mount?

escapehatch

You got it.

vicharris

So I'd had a failure with my Loupe. I really haven't used it as much as I thought I would but it still works great. The only thing is that the tabs that hold the rubber eye piece on, seem to have broken off. They are part of the main body and actually seem to be a weak point IMO. Not sure if it is even fixable but I'll contact the company when I finish this job. Fix: Took some gaffers tap and wrapped it around there eye piece, still works like a charm though.

RatLabProductions

Does anyone know if Varavon will be making a loupe for the GH3 flip out display? I'm close to pulling the trigger on the Carryspeed VF-3 with quickrelease to raise it up but will hate to loose the articulation. Varavon have been quiet with GH3 bits.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Does anyone know if Varavon will be making a loupe for the GH3 flip out display?

Yep. They will.

feha

@RatLabProductions ,

Carryspeed VF-3 does not fit GH3 out of the box ...

RatLabProductions

@Vitaliy Any expected timeline?

@feha I know which is why I'd put a QR system to raise the body of the GH3 up a bit. Carryspeed has said they were making a GH3 versions but were delayed due to Chinese new year.

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