Scott Loveless wrote:
The viewfinder is certainly not it's highpoint. The magnification and coverage are sub-standard. The brightness, considering it has a pentamirror, is really not that bad, and certainly better than similar cameras from Nikon and Canon. For manual focusing I do prefer the K1000 or the MX, though it's not unusable and my Super-Takumar lenses get some use on the *ist. The crippled mount is a bitch. It's too bad a workaround similar to the green button wasn't possible. Auto focus is a different story. It's fast and accurate. Mike's 100% dead on with his observations. I'm leaning toward an FA50/1.4 and an FA35/2 to start with. Since my wife's been wanting to get a DSLR and a decent macro, I may skip the 50/1.4 for the time being and go for the DFA50/2.8 instead. Did I mention that the meter is phenomenal? Who knows? Next week I may decide to ditch all of the K-mount gear and stock on up on M42 lenses. It's still Bill's fault. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
I'm very picky about my viewfinders, have been ever since I picked up my old Nikon FA about 4 years ago (I'd been shooting with an F65, with a finder similar to the *ist's) and couldn't believe the difference. Never went back to pentamirror finders and never will. It's probably the second most important ergonomic convern for me, after control layout.
-Adam
