I see/understand, Alex. I just think Pentax should have made or make a all-in-one camera like the SONY DSC F717 (rangefinder) or the Olympus E-20 or dom Nikons (SLR). I agree with you as to the the noice problem - to some extend - and sertainly about focusing in the dark. I made concert shots with both the SONY and the MZ-S - simultaiously. The difference in quality isn't all that obvious. I don't know the *ist D - yet.
The waist level finder is also an "over-head-angle" viewfinder - very usefull for street photography, sports etc. all the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 29. juni 2004 17:05 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: First smc-DA14/2.8 impressions On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: > That's right. Works great for my SONY. I hardly ever think of the "missing" > viewfinder anymore. It works great - and even enlarges the image center for > manual focusing. One of my favorite things about switching from the Sony DSC-F717 to my *ist D is that I finally get an optical viewfinder again. The Sony viewfinder is good for what it is, but manual focusing (even with the zoomed center) was much harder for me than focussing the *ist D is. The Sony viewfinder also wasn't very useful in low light (but neither was the camera, since the max ISO was 800 and that was very noisy). I do miss the waist angle finder function of the DSC-F717 though. That was very handy for many types of shots. alex
