Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I >think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. Brightness >and magnification are only two components to what makes a top notch >viewfinder for a camera ... they're important, for sure, but they're >not the entire world.
I quite agree. And I have ample evidence here. In front of me on my desk at this moment I have a Pentax MX with an SMC-M 50.1.4 *and* a Sony A850 with a Super Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 :) The viewfinder in the MX is indeed a bit larger, but the Sony wins on coverage, brightness and eyepoint. I find it's even easier to manual focus with the Sony. >The Pentax MX body, however, was perhaps one of the very nicest Pentax >35mm SLRs. Simple, mechanical, direct and to the point like the Nikon >FM2n. Modest in size, well finished. If I had found myself shooting >any 35mm film, I might have kept mine even with one lens. I kept my MX even though I have no plans to shoot 35mm film ever again but just because it's such a nice camera. (That and the fact that I couldn't get any money for it these days!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
