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So you’re still in love with your Viewmaster, but the 4 slides you’ve been ogling over the last 20 years are starting to wear thin on your attention. Image3D provides the service of allowing you to create your own slides to admire.

For $10 a slide, the price isn’t too bad, though the minimum order is 10 slides, so you’ll have to find 9 other people with Viewfinders who have any interest in your crappy family vacation albums. You can even buy Viewfinders from Image3D for only $3, if you feel like force-feeding your relatives some obsolete technology. — Andrew Dobrow

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One of the things that holds back most D-SLR cameras is the lack of a built-in on-screen viewfinder. We still have to rely on having the camera right up by our face to snap a shot. The Zigview S2 Digital Viewfinder lets you control the shutter and see what your shooting from a distance.

As long as you have a cable that’s long enough, the sky is the limit (if you also have a staircase to heaven.) Thanks to a built-in motion detector, the viewfinder can also catch those cool macro shots before the subject moves too far. Not having the camera right up on your face is a good reason to get one of these. Especially on a sunny day, when you can get that “photographer” tan line. — Andrew Dobrow 

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Don’t you hate that cellphone cameras always have a way of not capturing what you want them too? This WYSIWYG design concept phone might just be the key to ending camera phone woes. Sporting a totally translucent body, the WYSIWYG phone’s viewfinder is completely see-through, producing a no-hassle snapshot capability.

Whatever is in the frame of the viewfinder is what will show up on your screen. The phone is also ridiculously thin and would come in a variety of colors. If only companies would pick up on some of these user-made designs. — Andrew Dobrow

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It’s one of the sacrifices that must be made to be a full convert to the DSLR ways: losing the live LCD preview. Using a DSLR means looking through the viewfinder, unless you are so talented that you can perfectly place your subjects in the right frame without even looking at a preview. If that is you, then you don’t have to worry about this little gadget, but if you are one of the many who have trouble with that tiny viewfinder, take a look at this. The Zigview S2 attaches onto your DSLR’s viewfinder and uses its own sensor to then display the image onto a fully rotateable 2.5″ LCD screen. Because of the full rotation allowed, this LCD is perfect for those Hail Mary shots where you need to get above that crowd to get the perfect shot. Another nice feature, the S2 includes a cable shutter release so that you don’t have to push that button. This allows you to reduce the amount of vibration the camera has, and your shots will be clearer because of it. For around $450, this device is definitely not for everyone. But if you have the cash and hate that damn viewfinder enough, you might be willing to give the Zigview S2 a try. — Nik Gomez

Zigview S2 [via OhGizmo!]