Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Dec 20, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >>> ..I have >>> only just looked through a D80 once and didn't feel that it was any >>> better than the *ist DS. >> The D80 uses the exact same finder as the D200. >> >> Note that the Nikon finders use an LCD overlay and are quite bad when >> not powered on. Don't judge them unless you've got the camera >> turned on. > > The cameras were powered on. > > Again, I have only had one moment with the D80. It didn't seem quite > as nice as the D200, about the same as the *ist DS which is almost > identical to my eye with the D200, so it could well have been a > mistaken impression, might have been a different lens. > > I didn't think it necessary to say that D200/D80/*ist DS/K10D all > have pretty darn good viewfinders. The tiny differences between them > are insignificant. > > Godfrey >
If it was the kit 18-135 on the D80, this would be expected, the 18-135 is not the greatest piece of glass out there. And I agree, all have good viewfinders, as DX format SLR's go. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
