Name/Title
RangefinderEntry/Object ID
2014.036.0011Description
This is an accessory range finder for a rangefinder camera. It looks like it mounts on the hot shoe of the camera. It was made by Rimex in West Germany and is called Riwex.
Accessory range finders are small optical devices that use the distance between two lenses to determine the distance to an object. To use one, you look through a viewing window. Inside you will two images superimposed over each other (one is tinted and only covers the center of window). Turning a dial on the range finder causes the two images to converge or diverge. Turn the dial until the particular point that you want to measure is perfectly aligned. Then look at the dial itself: it will give you a reading. That’s the exact distance to your subject.
Riwex
Yet another ultra-compact range finder. This is the smallest of them all, though it has a generously thick distance dial that sticks out a ways on the right side. This is on the extreme side of compact!
Country: Germany
Known Units: Feet
Length: ultra-compact
Range: 3.25' – 60'
Mount: Standard cold shoe
Calibration: center screw in dial
Cost: $$Collection
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