composition square?

found it. thanks klr.b
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=L-tMi_077R0

sneakerhead wrote in post #14178014
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Are those just 35mm slide mounts? I've seen these online for $10 for a pack of 20

I just use the live view on the back of the camera. I can see what is showing, I can look at the scene in front of me, and make my choices for composition.

On the Andy Griffith Show onetime they had a big Hollywood director in town to make a movie about the wonderful people in the quaint little town of Mayberry, NC. The big Hollywood director guy just used the thumb and index fingers of both hands placed together to make his own viewing card. Andy and all the town folk were at first befuddled and then amazed when they found out what the big Hollywood director guy was up to with his hands. Hope that helps. Pretty cool story, eh? I like the Andy Griffith Show. Lots to learn there if you just open your mind to it. Funny too!

I'm hoping the live view option on my 5D2 will help with this, but its still not as good as the card for really studying a scene. I need some kind of "disconnect" from the techy side of exposing an image, the cards give me that.

The problem with all of the cards I've been seeing here is that they are fixed at one aspect ratio.

A FAR better solution is a device with two "L" shaped parts that slide so that you can create a rectangle of any practical aspect ratio that you wish to view. This allows you to "see" different framing of the scene. Of course, you'd need to allow space in the camera's viewfinder for what you've decided to do with the final image. Don't forget to move around while viewing the scene to get the best perspective as part of your composition effort.

Your two hands with the thumbs out at right angles to the other fingers can approximate what I am suggesting.

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ordered them, on the way. do you know how i would find out how far away from the human eye to equal the focal length

Brandman wrote in post #14188586
ordered them, on the way. do you know how i would find out how far away from the human eye to equal the focal length

There's a guy who explains, how he did his card: http://www.martinfranz​-muenster.de/Ausr-e.htm (scroll down a bit)

He's using a cord with knots on his selfmade card. So first you put the camera on a tripod, see through the viewfinder or at the LiveView-display at your chosen focal length, keep the card in front of your face and make a knot at distance of your nosetip. Repeat with all the different focal lenghts. It's good to have different cards like 2:3, 3:4, 1:1, etc. Before cutting the plastic, do some trials on cardboard to get the right size for your sensor or film format, so you will see exactly the frame at the right distance in front of your nosetip.

domeru