Customer Reviews for Canon EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender for all EOS Cameras

Canon EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender for all EOS Cameras
by Canon

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Customer Review: Works well on MOST Eos Cameras
Summary: 4 Stars

This does help. Esp those of us with glasses and a large face.

However it does NOT fit all EOS bodies. It does not work on the 1D and 1Ds Series. I found this out the hard way when I took the one form my 5D I had sold and tried to put it on my Mark 3. No luck! Luckily with live view, its not too big of an issue now. I have one on my back up body, the 40D and also on my IR converted camera.

Customer Review: VEY NICE
Summary: 5 Stars

I WEAR GLASS'S AND THIS MAKES IT EASY TO SEE IN THE CAMERA. PLUS IT LOOKS GOOD....

Customer Review: Not useful in my opinion.
Summary: 1 Stars

The point of the EP-EX15 is to increase the "eye relief" so that glasses wearers can see the entire frame.

The problem for glasses wearers is that the glasses themselves prevent us from getting our eyeball close enough to the existing eyepiece to allow us to see the whole frame. Just imagine standing back farther from a window - you can't see as much of the outside view, right?

Anyhow, the EP-EX15 takes care of this by providing the same function as one of those peep-hole lenses you might find in an old motel room door. You might think of it as a wide-angle adapter.

So, the EP-EX15 works just as advertised. But the problem is that because you now have such a wide view, the image appears far more distant and small (just what we wanted, right?). And because everything now looks smaller, it makes it virtually impossible to do critical focusing.

So you just can't win if you wear glasses. With the EP-EX15 in place, you can see the whole frame - that's good. But you also can't see any of it well - that's bad.

This is not a fault with the EP-EX15, it does exactly what it's supposed to do. It's just that this turns out to be a less than satisfactory solution.

The real solution is to be able to get your eye closer to the camera's eyepiece. And to do that, you either need contact lenses or small glasses lenses/frames so that you can mash your face right up there and get your eye in close.

For those people worried about getting nose grease on the back of the camera, I say: Who cares? The plastic stands up to nose grease just fine. Don't worry about it. What's more important: Being able to properly see to frame and focus or having the back of your camera remain pristine? The grease wipes right off with your shirt-tail anyhow.

So if you're just worried about nose grease, I'd say just don't worry about it. And if you wear glasses, I'd recommend trying the EP-EX15 before you buy it. Most people find that the EP-EX15 stays in its box in a drawer. So if you want to try one, just look around. There's probably someone who will give you one :)

Customer Review: Canon Eyepiece Extender
Summary: 5 Stars

Awesome. Keeps from mashing your nose against the LCD.. My wife will sometimes use my camera and she used to get her makeup smeared all over the back of my camera. This definitely prevents that. Great product. A must have for any D-SLR owner.