The viewfinder could be replaced by a tiny LCD viewfinder... Might not be the greatest thing to manual focus with but it would be better than using it like range-finder IMO.
-That Guy -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: First smc-DA14/2.8 impressions ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mustarde" Subject: Re: First smc-DA14/2.8 impressions > Double Feh! > > I sure won't be ponying up my hard-earned bucks for any expensive new > lens with this nice CA "feature". As far as I'm concerned, the DA 14 > is crapola just because of the color fringing. I thought the purpose > of making a digital-specific lens would be to correct for the needs of > digital sensors, which of course are known to be subject to chromatic > aberrations. > > Or maybe I'm way off base, and the lens is fine but the sensor is > crapola. In any event, I'm not buying a DA 14; even though I'm as > entrenched in digital as anyone, and haven't got a fresh roll of film > in the house and my film scanner is disconnected, even I would rather > haul out the old PZ1p and M20/4 rather than take photos that look that > bad. Maybe we will have to compromise and give up our reflex viewfinders to free up some design parameters to get rid of the problem too. William Robb
