On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > What do you mean by better viewfinder? I don't really care about the > technical superiority, the effect is what I am after. I cannot really > understand the numbers on the technical spec, and, from the search I > made on the archive, it does not look like the MZ-5n has a great > viefinder either; people don't look happy to me. Unfortunately my > local camera stores don't stock an MZ-5n so as to compare them > side-by-side.
The -5n uses an actual pentaprism inside, I think the -6/L uses a pentamirror. This will make the viewfinder a little dimmer. I may be wrong on that. No one seems to be a real big fan of the viewfinders of any MZ/ZX camera, except the MZ-S. I've compared an MZ-S to a ZX-5n and an LX, and the LX blows both away. I purchased an MX to be a "backup" 35mm body, and for extensive use of adapted 645 lenses. Using them on the -5n was kind of painful. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
