Paul. If you can make it next year to GFM. i bring ALL my gear, and  
i'll let you look through the D1 and D200 finders. Like looking out  
your living room window.:-)

Dave

Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> No, I couldn't turn it on. Apparently no battery. That explains it. I
> couldn't believe anyone could sell a camera that bad.
> Paul
> On Oct 21, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
>
>> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>> Costco is selling the 80D with an 18-45 kit lens for $1299. I looked
>>> through the viewfinder this afternoon when we were shopping and was
>>> shocked. It's absolute crap. Too dim for manual focusing. The camera
>>> and lens felt like cheap plastic toys. Not good.
>>> Paul
>>>
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> Did you turn it on? The Nikon's use an LED/LCD overlay that's quite
>> dark
>> when turned off, but is much brighter when turned on (Because the LCD
>> goes transparent). The D200/D80 viewfinders are unimpressive when
>> turned
>> off, but quite decent when turned on.
>>
>> The 18-55 is crap however, and the 18-135 isn't much better. The 18-70
>> is quite good, if a bit slow at the long end.
>>
>> -Adam
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