Hi,
Like most I was a bit disappointed by the 0.75x viewfinder magnification.
However I rechecked
http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/viewfinder.html
The short list of the latest (in this article) top model camera's autofocus
AND manual focus:
Canon EOS1n : 0.75x
Contax RTSIII: 0.75x
Leica R8: 0.76x
Minolta 9xi: 0.76x
Nikon F5: 0.75x
Olympus OM-4: 0.75x
And now also Pentax MZ-S, which I suspect will be the most expensive 35mm
Pentax for now: 0.75x
What are we overlooking?
One cannot say it has something to do with size or price ticket after
looking at this list.
Also the difference in a 96% vertical coverage, like the R8, and 92%, like
it seems to be in the new Pentax, is only 2% on either side, so saying the
top camera's do this to see the LCD info better makes no sense either.
Now all seven major brands of camera are doing this, regardless of size or
price ticket of the camera, regardless of autofocus or manual focus.
The question is WHY? They are not all stupid are they :)
Erwin
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