In a message dated 4/30/2002 5:37:13 PM Central Daylight Time,
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I like seeing the shutter speed in the viewfinder. The only cameras
I can think of that I use that don't do this are the Spotmatic and
the pre-Spotmatic bodies.
and the K1000.
ERNR
My photographs
ERNReed added:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I like seeing the shutter speed in the viewfinder. The only cameras
I can think of that I use that don't do this are the Spotmatic and
the pre-Spotmatic bodies.
and the K1000.
Which is why I stuck in the that I use bit. :-) I thought
the
I wrote:
However, the apparent viewing distance of the f-stop
window is such close (by far closer than the viewing
distance of the screen) that the f-stop number is
factually invisible during shooting.
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Your post is really puzzling to me, for I see the
I like uncluttered viewfinders. I very much like my Pentax 67's
non-metering prism, because there's nothing in there but picture.
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Alexander Krohe wrote:
The apparent viewing distance of the f-stop
window is such close (by far closer than the viewing
distance of the screen) that the f-stop number is
factually invisible during shooting.
Apparent viewing distance of the readouts is an important ergonomic factor, one
Hi,
yes please. And if it can call a taxi at the same time that'd be
great.
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Monday, April 22, 2002, 8:58:46 PM, you wrote:
would you like it to beep you: bob, there's a great photo you are
about to miss, grab the camera and run to the intersection of A
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Subject: RE: Viewfinder Information
Been watching Foghorn Leghorn on the Cartoon channel again, haven't you?
VBG I would have figured you for a roadrunner watcher myself.
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There's been a fair amount of discussion and commentary about the
quality and amount of information available through various Pentax
viewfinders. Apart from exposure information, what information do you
look for and find important. Speaking for myself, all I care to see is
a simple display
I'm sort of a minimalist. I own a LX and MX and their viewfinders, while
different, provide the only information I need: Shutterspeed, Aperture and
the little flashy light thingies that tell me I'm getting a correct
exposure. (obviosly the LX's flashy light thingies indicate some other things
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:10:45 -0400
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Subject: Viewfinder Information
There's been a fair amount of discussion and commentary about the
quality and amount of information available through various
I like the MZ-3 display ( except in bright light ), it
gives shutter, aperture, over under and use flash
warning when back lit or shutter drops below 1/focal
length. I don't find the display annoying since when
I'm in manual I don't even notice it's there. I find
displays with the af points that
Hi,
I like it to say That's a great photo, Bob. Press the
shutter...NOW!.
Apart from that I'm becoming more of a minimalist (or should that be
'less of a minimalist'? Is that a paradox? Perhaps 'less of a
maximalist' is best).
Whatever. I've always appreciated the efficient simplicity of the
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Subject: Re: Viewfinder Information
Shel wrote: -
There's been a fair amount of discussion and
commentary about the quality and amount of information
available through various Pentax viewfinders. Apart
from exposure information, what information do you
look for and find important
And what facts are those, Friday?
Bill D. Casselberry wrote:
SuperProgram - ... just the facts, ma'am!
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Hi, Lukasz,
Funny, with regard to match-needle versus LED (at least in the MX), I'm the
opposite of you: In bright sunlight, I find it much easier to see the
match-needle in my Spots; sometimes the led's of the MX can be washed out in
bright sunlight (you may remember we had such a discussion
Hi, Lukasz,
I'm with you on this one: I've had no trouble reading the f-stop in the MX
viewfinder. With the possible exception of when the ring is between stops,
and the numerals aren't in the lttle viewer's area. No problem moving the
ring 1/2 stop one way or the other, to see where I am,
at
the moment. yes, sometimes even meter lights are obtrusive and annoying too.
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Viewfinder Information
And, to answer Shel's original query, on a manual focus
SB So, what do you look for and prefer, and why?
1) aperture, either tru window or electronically (as I have now only
manual pentaxes and other cameras - it's tru a window)
2) shutter speed. I love the match needle metering as on LX or K2DMD
(two different incarnations of it though), but would
Mishka wrote:would you like it to beep you: bob, there's a great photo you are
about to miss, grab the camera and run to the intersection of A and
B... NOW!
I recall when the Japanese camera companies agreed upon a set of icons to signify the
basic 20 or so messages, such as film empty and
In response to this thread- I prefer to have shutter speed, aperture and
exposure
info in the viewfinder, LCD/LED is fine- never had a problem with that,
even in direct
bright sunlight, but I'm not a prodigious photographer, so I haven't
been in situations
like that very often.
Taka
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I demand, DEMAND, I say, a reliable way to frame and focus, and would prefer
that anything else they stick in there not get in the way of those.
Ciao,
Graywolf
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I also have no trouble with the f-stop reading in the MX viewfinder, and
I'll agree that the LEDs are a bit hard to see in bright light. Would a
rubber eye-cup help this problem?
As for info, I see shutter and f-stop being a bare minimum, especially
useful, if like me, you are just starting.
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There's been a fair amount of discussion and commentary about the
quality and amount of information available through various Pentax
viewfinders. Apart from exposure information, what information do you
look for and
Here! Here! (or is it Hear! Hear!??
T Rittenhouse wrote:
I demand, DEMAND, I say, a reliable way to frame and focus, and would prefer
that anything else they stick in there not get in the way of those.
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Hi, Matt,
Since we were (I think) talking about the MX, what other info could you possibly
display, on a mechanical camera?
regards,
frank
Matt Bevers wrote:
As for info, I see shutter and f-stop being a bare minimum, especially
useful, if like me, you are just starting.
--
The optimist
This is a bit offtopic.
A friend of mine got a Nissan Z300, 20-something years old. Used to be very
luxurious, now a piece of junk. Anyway, it has a woman voice for a friendly
reminder whenever anything goes wrong.
Last time he drove me from New Haven to Boston (almost 2hrs drive), a pin on
the
I think over time, my favorite viewfinder has been the MX with a plain
grid screen. Quite minimal and not in the way. Aperture, shutter
speed, simple meter (match diode or needle) and that about covers it.
Somehow I have never liked the LED setting of the MX. It's just not very
user friendly
Alan,
The LED's were what caused me to buy an MX in the first place. I was
using an Olympus OM-1 at the time and was shooting quite a bit of
lower light stuff. I couldn't see the black needle very well and
started looking around for alternatives. At that time, I really like
those glowing
There was a talking camera at one point, by Minolta, perhaps, or Olympus.
I remember reading that the
Japanese woman's voice was that of the president's secretary.
The Minolta AFS-V (-voice)...road firumu..use frash and possibly one more
message rens crap - yes it is, isn't it. Cute.
Kind
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