Hi Bruce I see that I did myself a favour by not looking at anything newer than the SFX series from Pentax :-) I don't use Autofocus as well and I hate loud cameras too ;-) The SFXn and the ME Super and now the Spotmatic F are my main cameras. I saw darker viewfinders before with old SLR cameras for example with the Canons A-1 and did not like them.
I understand now why viewfinder get smaller with digital bodies, but still would prefer it a lot otherwise. It is such an important decision point for me, I simple did not **enjoy** viewing trough a digital camera up to today and since I am an **amateur** this is important for me. That doies not mean that I casn not use them one day as a tool. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:11 AM >>To: Markus Maurer >>Subject: Re: DS vs DL viewfinder? >> >> >>I'd be curious just what cameras you've looked through. All the >>recent film models in the low to mid range from all manufacturers >>pretty much suck. They are really relying on AF rather than MF for >>focusing. The viewfinder is just for composing. The digitals are >>much similar. When I got the *istD, it easily had the best viewfinder >>of the mid level models - Nikon D100 and Canon D60. The problem is >>that the actual format is smaller than 35mm so making a big finder is >>more costly. >> >>-- >>Best regards, >>Bruce >> >> >>Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 7:50:04 PM, you wrote: >> >>MM> Hi Godfrey >>MM> as a strictly film user I was simply shocked when I first >>looked trough a >>MM> digital Pentax. >>MM> It looks like a dark tunnel compared to any and even the cheapest film >>MM> camera I ever owned, >>MM> nothing to be proud off and for a glass wearer like me it's >>even worse. >>MM> That's one of the reasons that keeps me away from going >>digital, I surely >>MM> hope a next model will be better. >> >>MM> greetings >>MM> Markus >> >>>>>If you use AF most of the time, you'll hardly know the difference. >>>>> >>>>>The DS viewfinder is a little larger and a bit brighter, which makes >>>>>it easier to use manual focus. Also, the DS viewfinder has >>>>>interchangeable focusing screens which allows me to use a retical >>>>>scale or grid patterned focusing screen for when alignment issues are >>>>>important. >>>>> >>>>>If I had the choice between the two bodies, I'd pick the DS on the >>>>>strength of its viewfinder. >>>>> >>>>>Godfrey >>>>> >> >>
