Penta mirror design has one significant flaw - it is not a solid piece of glass, thus it introduces more assembly tolerances and place for error.
Viewfinder of *ist is good because it is big. I have MZ-6 which is reasonable, though seemingly K10D is better if I squint a bit. But then again I have -6 diopter in each eye and so I wear glasses. On 1/25/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/25/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They are more or less the same. Do not go for anything wide, it will > > be mighty difficult to tell apart sharp and unsharp. Otherwise, *istD > > and K10D have pretty decent viewfinder, after all it is pentaprism and > > very bright screen. > > > Thanks, Boris. I'm not entirely sure that pentaprism vs. pentamirror > is the entire problem. Perhaps combining a pentamirror with a small > viewfinder is the culprit. The *ist film body has a pentamirror and > is very bright and easy to focus. It's fairly obvious that most here > feel the viewfinder on the D is superior to the DL and K100D. Without > having one to compare side by side, I'm trying to get a feel for the > amount of difference. Your comment on wide lenses is step in the > right direction. Thanks! > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > Shoot more film! > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
