On Monday 03 March 2003 18:23, Pål Jensen wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alexanderkrohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM
> Subject: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder
>
> > From: Rüdiger Neumann
> > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:15:23 -0800
> >
> > > From CNET.com:
> > > "Unlike competitors, however, this camera has a
> >
> > 1.8-inch LCD that can be
> >
> > > used as a viewfinder instead of just for playback
> >
> > and menus. "
> >
> >
> > As I understand it, this is also said by
> > digitalkamera.de (it's in German)
> >
> > http://www.digitalkamera.de/Info/News/16/90.htm
>
> Does this mean that the *ist D has the video camera in the finder
> projecting an image to an LCD screen for preview as patented by Pentax back
> in 1999?
>
> Pål
The German text refers to the LCD at the back, which 'apparently also works in
recording mode'. It doesn't say anything about how it is done.
You could be right, very interesting, this feature that sets this DSLR apart
from the competition. I can see the PJ raising their *ist D above the crowds
to make the shot, while composing using the LCD.
I need to stop drooling...
--
Frits Wüthrich
Pentaxianado
