Director’s Viewfinder

Image Gear carries Alan Gordon Director’s Viewfinder.

Alan Gordon Mark Vb Director’s Viewfinder

The Mark Vb Director’s Viewfinder represents the industry’s state-of-the-art. It precisely defines choice of lenses, angles and coverage in a wide variety of formats for both film and video.

The Mark Vb enables film profesisonals to communicate their visions to each other instantly and with complete accuracy, allowing the time saved to be used in the art of filmmaking.

With a 12:1 zoom ratio, the Mark Vb Director’s Viewfinder addresses all framing situations, making it an essential tool for today’s professional filmmaker.

Setting up shots using the 16mm and 35mm direct-reading windows provides a wide range of film and video formats including 2/3″, and Super 16.

• Aspect Ratios

  The aspect ratio ring is calibrated for film and video ratios:
  1.33:1
  4×3
  16 x 9
  1.85:1″
  2.40:1
  2/3″ video
  16mm
  Super 16
  35mm
  35 anamorphic

• 12:1 Zoom Ratio Ring

  Smooth zooming from wide angle to telephoto.
  Focal lengths are viewed in windows located on the barrel of the viewfinder.

   

  The zoom range for the various formats is as follows:
  16mm Film: 8.5-100mm
  Super 16 Fiim: 10.5-125mm
  35mm Film: 18-200mm
  35mm Anemographic Film: 35-420mm
  2/3″ Video: 8.5-75mm

The viewfinder may be adjusted to the aspect ratio that is appropriate for your film or video application.

The standard theatrical 35mm, 16mm and video aspect ratio is 1:33:1. Other ratios calibrated on this ring are: 1.85:1, a Montana wide screen ratio and 2.40:1, anamorphic wide screen (also known as Panavision or Cinemascope).

A setting is also provided for HD video at a ratio of 16×9.

Six glass elements produce the sharpest image possible.

Film sizes and video formats are color-coded for quick reading.

The eyepiece focusing ring can be adjusted to sharpen the image at any given setting, much like the viewfinder adjustment on the camera.

The collapsible rubber eyecup prevents you from scratching your glasses.