I'm comparing them to two models which are considered to have among the best finders ever put in a 35mm SLR. The F3HP finder is generally considered the best 35mm finder ever (Matched only by the Leica R8/9) and the F100 has one of the best finders of an AF SLR (Outdone only by the F5 and EOS 1v).
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > HUH? I looked thru an istD finder and was shocked > how small (tunnel vision ) the image looked compared to ANY of my > Pentax (full frame) 35mm film bodies. Why are you > comparing them to some of the worst slr finders in this regard > that arent even pentax made models? I agree with graywolf that they have > a long way to go if they ( pentax dslrs ) are all similar to the istD > at this point and the goal is to better match the pentax > 35mm film bodies views. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: manually focusing a DSLR > > > Actually, they don't need a 1.5x magnificationto match the 35mm finders > (except maybe an MX or OM) as they already run much higher > magnifications on most DSLR's than 35mm film(Digital Rebels and > pentamirror Nikons excepted). > > To match my F3 (0.75x magnification) a DSLR would need 1.125x > magnification to match the magnification of the F3 (0.75 x 1.5). If you > put a DK-21M on the DSLR (1.17x magnification) you'd need a .96x > magnification finder (1.125/1.17) which is damned close to the .95x on > the K10D. > > I've compared the F100 (96%, 0.76x [x1.5x=1.14]) to a D200+DK-21M > (0.95%, 0.94x x 1.17x = 1.0998x) and they're nearly indistinguishable. > > -Adam > > > graywolf wrote: >> And these cameras really need 1.5x viewfinder magnification to match a >> similar 35mm. I suppose the eyepiece is too far from the ground glass > to >> do that economically. >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >>> Note the 10D/20D/30D finder is smaller than the *istD or K10D (it's >>> the >>> same coverage, but only .9x magnification instead of the .95x of the >>> Pentax's) > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
