Hi John your correct, I have never used anything newer than the SFX series. greetings Markus
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:06 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: DS vs DL viewfinder? >> >> >>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 04:50:04AM +0100, Markus Maurer wrote: >>> Hi Godfrey >>> as a strictly film user I was simply shocked when I first >>looked trough a >>> digital Pentax. >>> It looks like a dark tunnel compared to any and even the cheapest film >>> camera I ever owned, >> >>Then you presumably haven't used any of the later Pentax AF cameras >>(such as a PZ or MZ body). The *ist-D (and the DS, though not the DL) >>have almost as large a viewfinder image as many of those cameras. >>The later low-end MZs, and the *ist film body, are particularly bad. >> >>This is one area where the older and cheaper the camera you use, the >>larger the viewfinder image will be. As more and more information got >>added to the in-viewfinder display, the amount of space available for >>the actual image had to shrink. >>
