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MOVIECAM COMPACT Mk2
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2 – THE MOVIECAM Mk2 VIEWFINDERS
CHAPTER 2
THE COMPACT Mk2
VIEWFINDERS
The MOVIECAM Viewfinder System – built exclusively
for the COMPACT Mk2 – has two components:
A) The Mk2 OPTICAL VIEWFINDER
B) The Mk2 100% VIDEO ONLY VIEWFINDER
The Mk2 OPTICAL VIEWFINDER
The new Mk2 Optical Viewfinder offers an exceptional
viewing quality favoured by a large optical design. Spe-
cial care has been taken to enable a bright image and
to avoid the unpleasant vignette effect that could occur
by looking from the side.
The Mk2 Optical Viewfinder permits the use of an
Eyepiece (mounted on the Viewfinder Arm) and an
Mk2 Video Assist Camera (mounted to the right side)
at the same time. This combination gives the operator
the choice between the possibility of using the optical
image as well as the video image or only to use one of
the two images alone. The video option would be cho-
sen when looking through the Viewfinder is not possible
or not desirable – e.g. STEADICAM® or remote head
operation. To work with the “flexibility of a mini-HDV
camera”, the operator can use an On-Board Monitor
instead of looking through an Eyepiece.
Light transmission of the built-in beam splitter has a ratio
of 80% for the eyepiece and 20% for the video camera.
Even though a Long Zoom Anamorphic Extension Tube
with a swing-away de-squeezer is attachable on this
Viewfinder Arm, the Mk2 Optical Viewfinder is mainly
foreseen for use with spherical lenses.
OPTICAL VIEWFINDER
fig.2/1
viewfinder
viewfinder arm
eyepiece
