On Oct 2, 2005, at 23:54, John Francis wrote:
But that's not relevant. The complaint was that the *ist-D didn't
have the same brightness, or the same magnification, as the MX.
That's not so - at the same magnification, the viewfinder images
appear equally bright. Obviously at the same magnification the
*ist-D has a smaller image. But that's because it has a smaller
sensor, and the different viewfinder image sizes reflect this.
OK, then maybe the word "magification" is the wrong word to use.
My impression, based on the non-scientific method of "having just
looked through one for a half minute" is that the ME Super viewfinder
looked brighter probably just because the image was so LARGE through
there. Even if both viewfinders have the same intensity of light
coming off of the focusing screen to the user's eye, the older
(larger) viewfinders are going to seem brighter because of the larger
surface area (I guess).
Like I've said before, there's not much that can be done about it -
but the older viewfinders still are more satisfying to look through.
Too bad they hold film (which I haven't used in over two years now).
-Charles
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