BY AUSTIN BURBRIDGE. LOS ANGELES (CINEMA MINIMA) — The Ikodot is a viewfinder which fits in the “hot shoe” flash mount of a camera. This accessory is appropriate for compact digital cameras. Many recent digital cameras do not have viewfinder eyepieces — only LCD displays, for example, the Lumix DMC-LX3 or the Leica Digilux DLUX-4. The Ikodot accessory finder is a simple frame made out of metal wire, with pins for sighting. As a “reference device” it allows you to accurately aim your camera, and to frame your shots without needing to peer one-eyed through a viewfinder: You can keep both eyes open, just above the camera, and focused on your subject for an unimpeded sense of potential action, play of light, and compositional dynamics. The Ikodot is intended for users of lenses within the long-normal to wide-angle range of focal lengths. By following a simple method the Ikodot will work for several lenses. It will work on just about any format hand-held camera with an accessory shoe. It is terrific for eyeglass-wearers. Price: US$99. For more information contact <fritz@ikodot.com>. [Ikodot]
- Until now, Cinema Minima has not paid attention to “still” cameras. However, now that such devices can make movies — and now that movie makers are using them to make movies — they will be included in Cinema Minima’s coverage.
- The Ikodot Web site is rendered entirely as Flash animation, and without helpful “meta data” description: It is invisible to search engines. Typing keywords such as viewfinder, or finder, or any other, obvious descriptor will not find it in Google or Yahoo! or any other search engine. Fortunately, the device is listed in Andrew Nemeng’s excellent Leica FAQ, and now, here.
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