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Key Features
- Includes All Common Aspect Ratios
- Film and Digital Formats
- Intermediate Dial for Customized Formats
- 11x Zoom Range
The Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder provides a portable means of conceptualizing and framing your shots prior to setting up your camera. The frame can be composed using established formats including anamorphic, Super 35, 35mm, Super 16, and 16mm film standards. It also includes digital format standards including full-frame and APS-C DSLR sensors sizes, and 1", 1/2", and 1/3" sensor sizes. The VFRW-11X features an 11x zoom range for a wide range of focal lengths, an intermediate dial setting for matching virtually any sensor size, and a 52mm filter thread for fitting filters or a wide angle converters. A nylon neck strap, front lens cap, rubber eye cup, and a hard-shelled storage case come included.
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Can this show a shallow depth of field like an ...
Can this show a shallow depth of field like an actual lens? Also, what is the focal range on S35 mode?
Unfortunately, the Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder cannot replicate depth of field like an actual lens. In Super 35mm mode it has a focal range of 18-200mm.
Date published: 2022-09-15
Could you use this Viewfinder to frame shots for ...
Could you use this Viewfinder to frame shots for a 35 mm DSLR camera?
The Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder does feature settings for full-frame DSLR sizes, which would match the size of 35mm photo film.
Date published: 2025-03-19
I see this lists most common film and digital ...
I see this lists most common film and digital formats except M4/3. Is the W19 in the specs about M4/3? I assume W19, W22, W24, etc. are Width in mm. And M4/3 sensors are 17.3mm wide.
Yes, the W references width in mm and W19 is the closest representation of an M4/3 sensor available.
Date published: 2020-09-24
Does this work for Alexa 35 open gate 3:2 mode?
Does this work for Alexa 35 open gate 3:2 mode?
The Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder does not have a setting for 3:2 aspect ratio.
Date published: 2024-05-01
Are the numbers etched into the hardware or are ...
Are the numbers etched into the hardware or are they just inked on?
The Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder numbers are etched.
Date published: 2021-07-27
Under specs, a format size of W19 is given. I can ...
Under specs, a format size of W19 is given. I can find no reference to this in format guides anywhere. What sensor size is W19 related to? I am using a micro 4/3 camera (GH5): which format size on this director’s viewfinder is the closest representation of my camera?
To use the Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder with a Micro Four Thirds camera, please set it to W19. This refers to Width-19mm, the width of a Micro Four Thirds sensor.
Date published: 2023-12-22
Can this be used to frame Super 8 aspect ratio?
Can this be used to frame Super 8 aspect ratio?
no this does not have a marker for super 8
Date published: 2020-07-10
Is it suitable for use with the Alexa Mini ...
Is it suitable for use with the Alexa Mini camera?
The Cavision VFRW-11X Next-Gen 11x Large Rotating Director's Viewfinder is not designed to be used directly with any specific camera, as it only has general sensor widths. It does have settings for sensor widths that are close to what is used on the ARRI Alexa Mini, such as 22mm and 26mm, but does not have a setting that would correspond to Open Gate recording, which would be a width of 28mm.
Date published: 2024-09-11