Hallo here are the viewfinder magnification. The size of the ccd has to be taken in accound. The *ist D has the highest magnification of the APS size cameras.
FULL FRAME: Kodak DCS-14n___0,80 Canon 1Ds_______0,72 APS-SIZE: Pentax *istD_____0,62 Canon 1D_______0,57 Canon 10D______0,55 Nikon D2h_______0,55 Nikon D1x/D1h___0,52 Nikon D100_____0,52 Fuji S2 Pro______0,51 Canon 300D_____0,50 Olympus E-1_____0,46 Sigma SD9______0,44 And now the surprise: apart from the full-frame DSLR's, the smallest camera, the Pentax *istD has the biggest viewfinder magnification. It is not far away from anolog cameras magnifications. Canons are 10% smaller, Nikons are 15% smaller and the Oly and Sigma are more than 25% smaller. R�diger Von: keller.schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I had a discussion with a friend the other day, who is much concerned about >finder quality. He basically says that the way an image is displayed in the >viewfinder has a lot to do with how good the photographer can assess it and >how good eventually the final picture will be. I think this is a bit >stretched, but at least we both agree that the LX has a very, very good >finder image and that things have deteriorated since then... >What is also clear is that AF cameras can somehow 'live' with smaller finder >images. > >As the size of the finder image depends on its magnification we were >comparing the magnifications of various cameras. > >Some values, taken from 'Dimitrov' or from owner literature: > >MX 0,97 >LX 0,95 >Z1P 0,8 >MZ-S 0,75 >*ist 0,7 > >(there is a trend, n'est ce pas?) > >Now comes the *ist D with a stated finder magnification of 0,95 (!) which >sounds pretty good and while its finder image is said to be larger than the >competition it still is much smaller than that of any of the analogue >bodies. This of course comes from the fact that it magnifies the smaller >sensor. > >I still think that Pentax is cheating with the 0,95 figure as they base it >on a 50mm lens. If stating finder magnifications is to serve a purpose >(other than to fill the data sheet), then this figure should be given for a >'standard' lens focal length that relates to the sensor size. This way, a >direct comparison of finder image size could be done. Pentax themselves vary >the focal length, as for the 67 they state 0,75 for a 105mm lens - and they >should have done so for the *ist D as well. > >Based on a 35mm lens, the *ist D finder magnification figure would look like >0,62 - and would illustrate how small the finder image really is. > >Sven >
