Hi, I have another problem when looking through 5n, if my eye is not dead in the centre i get a distortion at the top and bottom of what i am focusing on, more so at the bottom... its very annoying and i have never had the problem with my SuperA, LX, Spotmatic, Me Super. Any ideas? Thanks >From: "Erik Nylander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Can't see the LEDs in Bright Light (ZX-5n) >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:01:37 -0500 > >You can greatly reduce this problem by getting an eyecup M for the 5n. I >think that part of the problem is glare of the lens in the viewfinder. The >eyecup M does a good job of blocking light coming in around your eye and >has >made it easier for me to see the LED's. This will also work for the ZX-30 >and maybe all of the ZX cameras. > >Erik > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph Tainter >Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:02 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Can't see the LEDs in Bright Light (ZX-5n) > > > > Is it just my eyes, or do other people find that it's almost impossible >to > > see the LEDs in the viewfinder of a ZX-5n when shooting outdoors in >bright > > light? Most of the time I end up guessing what it says. Do I need a >black > > cloth over my head like a view-camera photographer? Or are my batteries > > starting to fade? Or is this just dumb engineering? > > > > J. John Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. > >For anyone who shoots a lot in bright conditions, this is a fatal design >flaw. It is the primary reason I did not buy a 5n. The problem is common >to the P/Z and Z/X series cameras, but other models put the exposure >information on the external lcd. Pentax switched off their collective >brains on this aspect of the 5n. > >OTOH, this flaw steered me to the PZ-1p, with which I am quite pleased. > >You can overcome this problem, as another poster suggested. > >It's going to be interesting to see if the viewfinder in the MZ-S can be >read in bright daylight. > >Joe >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
