Pardon, my mistake.
Adam Maas wrote:
> More need actually, since it won't AF with most Nikon AF lenses that are
> otherwise completely usable on it (The only restriction on AF lenses is
> the AF).
>
> -Adam
>
>
> P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>> With considerably less need, since it seems to be designed to not use
>> many older, including manual focus, Nikon lenses.
>>
>> Adam Maas wrote:
>>
>>> John Francis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:57:17PM -0500, graywolf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I do not have a DSLR, so you may be correct, but every one I
>>>>> looked through had this small image with lots of black space around it,
>>>>> so I naturally thought that they simply cropped the viewfinder to the
>>>>> reduced image size. But if as you imply they actually have a full sized
>>>>> image in the VF then I stand corrected.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> You obviously haven't looked through the viewfinder of many modern
>>>> auto-focus SLRs. While the image area you see through the viewfinder
>>>> of a *ist D, K10D, etc. is smaller than what you will see with an LX,
>>>> MX, etc. those are about the last cameras to devote that much of the
>>>> area solely to image. Even my MZ-S, probably the best of the late-
>>>> model Pentax film SLRs, only has a slightly larger image area than
>>>> that of my *ist D.
>>>>
>>>> A word of advice - stay well away from entry-level CaNikon DSLRs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Nikon's improving. The D40 has a viewfinder closer to the K100D in
>>> quality than the D50. Not quie as good yet though.
>>>
>>> -Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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