keller.schaefer wrote: ks> I still wonder, why they don't make those finders a bit larger. Would this ks> really require a very large prism - or do the manufacturers just find it ks> unimportant?
I suspect larger viewfinders are perfectly possible within the current prism dimensions (the prism does not magnify per se). However the higher the magnification the less bright is the resulting image in the viewfinder. The total amount of light entering an APS sized SLR is less than half the light a full frame SLR gets. The difference must be compensated somehow by smaller viewfinders but comparable in brightness. Even so I think the manufacturers have more stringent demands in optimizing light path to minimize light loss in an APS DSLR - and this could contribute significantly to the price. Servus, Alin
