Frantisek wrote:-------- "It's quite new brochure, it has the not-so-old EL-2000 (the digital pseudo-slr. Pseudo because it's not mirror-pentaprism design, it just has a small LCD in the viewfinder. EEEEKS! Phew)" ------------------------- This is not exactly true. The camera has a true TTL optical viewfinder that sees through the lens similar to that of a 35mm SLR. However, the viewfinder of the EI2000 does not work with a flip-up mirror but with a beam splitter. This beam splitter sends the light partly to the viewfinder and partly to the CCD. In operation, this is similar to the viewfinders of (reflex) super-8 movie cameras or of the RS/RT Canons. There is no real disadvantage behind a true reflex/flip-up mirror system except that the viewfinder image might be somewhat darker. There is a detailed review about the HP912 (Pentax EI2000) on Steve's digicams (HP PhotoSmart 912). http://www.steves-digicams.com/c912.html They wrote about the viewfinder: QUOTE:------ The C912 is really a pseudo-SLR in that it uses a beam-splitting system to bring the image up to the eye level viewfinder, there is no mirror. This is not necessarily a bad thing except for the fact that the light coming in the lens is split and only some of it makes it to the imager and some of it makes it to the viewfinder. UNQUOTE------ Alexander __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
