Fast Action Photo Sight

This idea came to me a few years ago when I was taking a lot of photos of birds in flight. While thinking of a better way to follow fast flying birds, I was remembering my teenage years of hunting birds with a shotgun. The idea is borrowed from the open sights on guns. It is a lot easier to follow motion with an open sight rather than a scope which is what the viewfinder on SLR cameras is similar to.

I am using the flash Hot Shoe mount on the camera to mount this sight, so you will not be able to attach a flash to that hot shoe or use a popup flash that SLR's like my Canon 60D have. I measure a 68mm offset between the center line of the lens & the bottom of the attached V-Sight.

There are basically 3 parts to create this sight, and take 1 to 1.5 hours to print depending on the configuration you print.

1. The camera mount that slides in the flash Hot Shoe mount
2. The Barrel with front & rear sights
3. The tightening Nut to tighten the sight down.
4. Optional: 15mm plasti