On Mar 3, 2007, at 9:56 AM, K.Takeshita wrote: > On 3/03/07 12:42 PM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All that space on the top of the K10D is now consumed by >> the flash, the prism optical system is actually much smaller. > > Actually, I heard it other way around. I think it was Nikon who > said that > the built-in flash restricts the size of the pentaprism, and if > they don't > see a need for a pop-up, they rather make a full use of the space > for a > better finder. However, they are somehow a believer of the pop-up > and it is > a matter of balance between the pentaprism space and pop-up. > I think the pro level camera has much larger prism and adding a > built-in > anything there is impossible anyway.
Well, for a 100% coverage prism finder, yes, the prism hump would increase in size even on an 16x24 format camera. But given the current K10D finder, with its ~96% coverage and nice brightness, removing the flash would eliminate nearly all the front overhang and about 6-7mm off the height of the camera total. I would be delighted with a high-precision, bright, 100% coverage finder and no popup flash, myself, as long as the new Pentax compact flash were also available ... even if it were as bulky on top as the present K10D. ;-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
