>But the RTSIII has 100% coverage and a relatively high-eyepoint finder, and
>those things aren't unrelated to magnificaton. Generally, eye relief and/or
>higher coverage both make it harder to achieve high magnification, and high
>magnification makes it harder to achieve 100% coverage and/or good eye
>relief.
High Magnification , High Eyepoint, x% coverage?
I'm getting confused - what does it mean to me? I have an ME-Super and MZ7
so I decided to compare the viewfinders using the same 50mm K mount lens.
Magnification -
the ME super gave a much larger brighter image - but the metering/shutter
speed information was out of site when wearing glasses unless I turned the
camera slightly. Without my glasses I can neither read the metering info
nor see the split screen clearly enough to focus.
MZ7 - smaller dimmer image but I could see the full information with or
without glasses due to the dioptre adjustment in the viewfinder. Focusing
was easy with or without glasses if using the focus confirmation LED.
(easier still if using the beep but I find that irritating and have it
switched off)
I still don't know what is meant by .75x magnification though - can somebody
explain?
Field of view (coverage)
Well I spent ages setting both cameras on a tripod and moving objects about
on a table to detect the edges of the field of view but couldn't discern the
difference between the two. Then I looked at the specs. ME-Super 92% MZ7
series 92%.
DOH! (_8(|)
High Eyepoint - I've no idea what this means.
Conclusion - I like the large bright viewfinder on the ME Super and would
appreciate similar in a MZ spec. From reading other contributors comments
the restriction seems to be a result of limited space for the pentaprism and
viewscreen because of the pop up flash unit. So why does it have to be
mounted on the pentaprism? 35mm compacts have pop up flashes without even
having a pentaprism to mount them on so that proves that it is not the only
solution.
Peter
Manchester, England
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