General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

Eyepiece

Patents

N/A

General Description

Bodies are metal (steel?). Optics are glass. Lens covers are plastic. Soft case is suede and velvet.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

7.0 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Pentax

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

Period

1980

Canada

Unknown

Function

General: A camera accessory showing the field of view of the lens, used in framing and focusing the picture. Specific: Used for sports or as a wasit level viewfinder.

Technical

Rotates 180 degrees for total flexibility in viewing angle from waist level to eye level (Brochure, p .1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BELOW FC-1 VIEWFINDER, INCISED, PICKED OUT IN WHITE LETTERING IS: 'PENTAX FC-1 JAPAN'/ ON FACE OF FB-1 BASE, INCISED AND PICKED OUT IN WHITE LETTERING IS: 'PENTAX'/ ON ITS UNDERSIDE, INCISED AND PICKED OUT IN WHITE IS 'FB-1 JAPAN'/ ON FB-1 FINDER PROTECTIVE CAP IN RAISED LETTERS IS: 'PENTAX'/ THE FC-1 LENS CAP HAS 'ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN'WRITTEN IN RAISED LETTERS.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Black (paint?). Case is black exterior and purple. Burgundy interior.

Decoration

N/A