J.C.,
I wasn't directing my comment solely at you; I'm sure you are
distinguished gentleman of great taste and have many reasons for
wanting a FF Pentax. I was more thinking about the many, many, many
people on Pentax Forums who request a FF just so they can get a bigger
OVF.
Don't feel offended :-)
—M.
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On 8 November 2012 11:35, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Id like to clarify, I want a Pentax FF dslr for several reasons:
> Better image quality, restoration of wide angle FOV, and better
> viewfinders. I never said I wanted FF dslr "just for the viewfinder".
>
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> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miserere
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> Subject: Re: I like my focusing screen
>
> Bear in mind that an AF camera, even FF, won't have such a big screen
> as an LX, MX, etc. I hear a lot of yearning for a Pentax FF "just for
> the viewfinder" and I have to wonder if those people have looked
> through the viewfinder of a FF DSLR. I've compared the Nikon D700's
> viewfinder to that of my K10D with accessory 1.17x diopter magnifier,
> and the difference was not huge; certainly not a big enough
> improvement to justify the expense of moving to FF just for it.
>
> Now, the 645D's viewfinder...now THAT would definitely be an
> improvement; it was like looking at a movie theater screen right
> inside your camera :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -M.
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> On 8 November 2012 07:43, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> agreed, but a good screen helps. One of the big reasons I want a full
> frame
>> DSLR from pentax is to get back one of those big full size bright
>> viewfinders like on their film cameras.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniele Procida
>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:57 AM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: I like my focusing screen
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>First thing I did when I bought my istDS 6 years ago was to replace the
>>>stock focus screen. I went with a generic chinese split image screen. It
>>>makes manual focussing a pleasure compared to stock and highly recommended
>>>for anyone using manual focus lenses.
>>
>> One of the (many) things that prompted me to go back to film was the
>> horrific experience of trying to focus through the tiny dull viewfinder of
> a
>> digital SLR.
>>
>> Daniele
>>
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