One of the reasons i went with the PZ-1 over the 5n was the finder.I felt the 5n was to
'closed in' for my
liking.
I'll be interested in the *istD response's as i'm very close to looking at one.
Dave Brooks
> I was just comparing the viewfinder between my 5n
and
a friend's 50. I was a
> bit amazed to discover that my 5n's viewfinder has gives everything a rather
> warm (or woody) cast, while the 50 had a bluish (or tinny) cast, and I
> didn't get the same satisfaction composing with it (even though it probably
> was of no consequence to the produced image).
>
> If you're wondering, I did swap lenses to make sure, it wasn't the lenses.
>
> Anyway, I just had the horrible thought that maybe some newbie slightly
> interested in photography might pick up a relatively cheap body like a 50,
> and because of the less than satisfactory viewfinder, not get as into
> photography as he/she could have been otherwise.
>
> Anybody notice the viewfinder difference too? Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Ryan
>
> PS Anybody want to compare their ist D viewfinder (woody? tinny? something
> else perhaps?) to their film viewfinders?
>
>
