Mailing Lists RSS Feeds Twitter Contact

Guide to Infrared
Photography Making Sharp
Images Guide to
Leica Guide to
Zeiss Lenses diglloyd Advanced
Photography Free
Articles Blog

Articles Table of Contents   Page 1: Magnifying Eyepiece for DSLR Page 2: Nikon DK-19 Rubber Eyecup Page 3: Viewing The Camera’s LCD — Accuracy and Presbyopia Page 4: Viewing The Camera’s LCD — Hoodman HoodLoupe Professional Page 5: Viewing The Camera’s LCD — Zacuto Z-Finder Page 6: Viewing The Camera’s LCD — LCDVF Digital SLR Viewfinder

Magnifying Eyepiece for DSLR

For Nikon DSLR users (most models), I recommend the following (some items are for some models and not others).

Eyepiece items in general

Nikon offers a range of eyepiece and eyepiece accessories, including diopter-correction eyepieces and other. See my list of eyepiece and eyepiece accessories.

Below are a few that are particularly useful. Not shown below are various anti-fog eyepieces, very helpful under some conditions.

Nikon DK-17M magnifying eyepiece

The DK-17M eyepiece screws into D3/D3s/D3x and similar Nikon bodies, providing 1.2X magnification, which I find helpful for manual focusing.

Be aware that on the D3/D3s/D3s and other models there is a eyepiece locking mechanism; you must close the eyepiece shutter to allow the eyepiece to unscrew. Don’t force it!

Get the DK-21M for other Nikon models (D200, D300, D40, etc). I've found both of them a plus for my use.

Eyeglass users might not like either magnifying eyepiece because it could cut off things like focus confirmation and other data at screen bottom.

More stuff

See my hand-picked Nikon list.