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Product Description
MODEL- 2444A001 VENDOR- CANON
FEATURES- EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender
Compatible with Digital Rebel XT EOS 20D EOS 20D EF-S 18-55mm Kit
EOS 20Da EOS 30D EOS 30D EF-S 18-55mm Kit
EOS 5D EOS D30 EOS D60 EOS Digital Rebel
EOS Digital Rebel XT (Black)
EOS Digital Rebel XT EF-S 17-85mm Lens Kit (Black)
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Canon EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender for EOS Cameras
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
Yes it does extend your eyepiece out, but at what price? It’s like looking through a pair of binoculars backward. Your view finder is about half the size.
Rating: 2 / 5
Oh my god, it doesn’t prevent my nose going against the LCD screen at all, it extended about 2mm, that’s pretty much it, I am asian and my nose is not even as close to Jacky Chen! on top of that, the viewfinder is about 30% smaller! it’s so hard to focus at low light, cause all your objects are SO FREAKING SMALL NOW!
Rating: 2 / 5
As a part-time professional photographer, I had high hopes for the EP-EX15 eye extender when purchased. My nose and cheeks tend to oil up whenever I press anything against them. My Canon Digital Rebel’s LCD screen is my bread and butter determiner on “when I have the shot” and can go on to my next pose, subject or client and my goal was to have that viewing area oil free!
Unfortunately, a microfiber cloth eyeglass cleaner for around 2 bucks with a spray bottle of Costco eyeglass solution seems to work best for me.
With a larger nose than another reviewer – the extra spacing actually helps my framing angle – but mentioned by others – I lose some framing area using the EP-EX15. Tough trade-off! Worst of all – although it works better than NO Eyepiece Extender – oil and sweat still cover 1/2 of my LCD area.
If you decide to keep this unit on your camera long enough – you will eventually lose all or part of it. I’ve gone through two rubber eye cups (lost who knows where — oops – found one under the bed yesterday) – and must reseat the eyepiece extender at the start of every photo shoot – as it doesn’t lock down tightly enough and tends to migrate up and off the eyepiece mounting bracket.
For a time – I actually used the EP-EX15 without the rubber eye-cup and got better framing results than with the rubber attached.
It is one of the cheapest accessories you can buy for the Canon Rebel. I still use it – and reframe most of what I do in photoshop anyway.
This is not a sterling endorsement of the product – if on a tight budget – live without it. If you’re a large nosed, oily cheeked photographer – try it out (what’s $18 bucks anyway) – but keep the eyeglass cleaner handy!
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this eyepiece because I was tired of my face smashed against my LCD display on my 20D and the resulting smudges.
The extender moves my face away just the right amount – no smudges but also not so far out that it is obstructive.
Rating: 5 / 5
I wear glasses and my prescription is too strong to correct with the standard diopter adjustment. I have to press my eyeglasses against the eyepiece warping them in the process. On top of that, my eye still sits too far from the viewfinder screen to see it all at once. Sometimes this means that I miss important information like a shutter speed set too slow to avoid blurring or the fact that my flash unit isn’t quit ready yet for the next shot. Or I miss seeing a portion of the scene that I would have liked to completely include or exclude from the shot. The Canon EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender solves this by showing me the entire viewfinder screen all at once. And I no longer have to keep adjusting my viewing angle or smashing my nose to do it. Ah, that’s much better.
Rating: 5 / 5