Boris, I have a little more 645 experience and agree about the finder.
Also still use 35mm cameras, mostly the Mx and have used the Lx since
early 1982. I think those are among the better optical finders. Ever.
Yes, did try F2, F3, owned and used F1n. Make mine optical.
While I'm still to test the G1, I never found any EVF so far that would
hold a candle to the above. I understand the G1 has some marvel finder -
but to this day there is no better finder than a good quality, top end
SLR. Losing to the open rangefinder in light transmission, but offering
the actual view of the lens, real time. Did I mention filter effect?
Focusing aids apart - I don't particularly enjoy the split/ micro
center, find the rangefinder's window distracting, and can't comment
those eletronic tricks to enhance the image. What I really wish is using
my eyes to see what's beyond the lens. No lag, no artificial light
levels, no mutated colors. Useful information sometimes - but not my
preferred view.
LF
Boris Liberman escreveu:
Godfrey, I find your last remark (I've put '*'s around it) most
interesting. I should be alert on any opportunity to try modern EVF
system for manual focusing. Presently I doubt your assessment, but I
haven't yet witnessed any modern EVF system, only older ones. I find
Pentax 645NII viewfinder to be the best I have ever tried, but I sure
need more experience with those EVF systems. Again, you're making your
conclusion based on practical shooting en masse using all the systems
you listed. I am talking more based on general comfort of my eyes.
I've made two-digit number of shots with Pentax 645NII (20-30 or so)
and they all came out in focus, but it is too small a sample. For my
K10D I have OptiBrite Katz Eye screen and that magnifier thingie by
Pentax. Seemingly this is the best one could get for their K10D
camera. It is not bad, but it obviously it could be better. Naturally,
main problem is to tell when out of focus -> in focus transition
happens...
Let all our viewfinders be bright...
Boris
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote:
On May 12, 2009, Scott Loveless wrote:
For me it's certainly not the case.
A high quality EVF is simply a better viewfinder for manual focusing than
any optical reflex viewfinder found on the market today.
That's the problem, isn't it? I have yet to use a "high quality" EVF
that's better than most 25 year old pentaprisms.
*I find the G1's EVF provides better focusing capability than the Pentax 645
medium format SLR viewfinder. Or my Nikon F3/Thp viewfinder, which was The Best
35mm optical reflex viewfinder I ever used.*
Godfrey
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