> Hi, > > Ryan Lee wrote: > > > Two votes for an MX viewfinder (including Alex's).. Maybe I'll try scouting > > used equipment just for a look and a play. > > Add another one to that. I have only ever looked through one MX > viewfinder and it was a decidedly secondhand one at that. Nonetheless, > it was the best, easiest-focusing mf viewfinder I've ever seen. > > mike >
Funny -- I didn't get along with the MX viewfinder at all until I bought a nice new LX screen for it from Peter in Sunny Brighton. I also like the LX with a new-series viewfinder in it. (Rob was the source of that one.) I shoot *with* my glasses on at all times. My astigmatism is too severe to allow me to do otherwise. The diopter ajuster on the Optio 550 doesn't stay put (I'm getting really used to quickly resetting it though) and the LCD screen is hard for me to see with the glasses (the start of presbyopia?) I only use the LCD for image review or for macro shots, anyway; otherwise I turn it off. (Amazing how many people this confuses when they want to look at my Optio and find the LCD is off. "Is your battery dead?" Have they not noticed the thing has a viewfinder??!!) I find that in dim situations, like church, where the ZX-5n can't focus easily, I can't focus it easily either. So the viewfinder's not THAT good on the ZX-5n. The PZ-1 has a split-image focus aid for manual focusing. I don't remember how easy it is to use with the standard screen. My eyes have become noticeably older in the years since I changed that screen anyway. I've rarely attempted to use the PZ-1 in church -- too loud. Haven't had a chance to try the *ist D in there yet. Nor have I borrowed my husband's ZX-10 enough to compare its viewfinder to the others. It seems to suit him well enough, but he has far better eyesight than I do. ERN
