Sun Mask for Zucuto Z FinderPro

Bought a new Z Finder Pro to go along with my Canon 60D.  I’m sure everyone is familiar with the Zacuto loop-type viewfinder and how the magnifier can burn the LCD in just a couple of seconds.

Zacuto has come up with a simple solution that could help this problem called the Sun Mask .   It’s a little 16x9 matt that fits in the eyepiece that blocks at least 50% of the light hitting the magnifier yet leaves your view of the LCD unhindered.  Zacuto charges $3 bucks for a little piece of paper that costs .30 cents but think of what it could save in burns.

And everything that’s old is new again.  When the Zacuto viewfinder first came out you basically glued a little frame to your camera and the viewfinder snapped onto it.  Then, Zaucto came out with the Gorilla plate, a more elegant but heavier solution.  

The Gorilla plate really doesn’t work with the 60D’s flip out VF so you can still buy the old plastic frame for $6 bucks and can use the viewfinder in any position.  The downside is you can never "close" the LCD screen but when do you close the LCD on a 5D/7D?  And I still use the Gorilla plate when I'm shooting normally to take the stress off the little plastic LCD hinge.

http://store.zacuto.com/Z-Finder-Sun-Mask.html