----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" Subject: Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?
> Hi, > > Sunday, August 31, 2003, 3:21:04 PM, you wrote: > > > Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't > > know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers never > > print the entire negative anyway. > > not everybody mounts their slides, and some people print their own, > especially nowadays when scanning and digital printing is so easy. > > It's quite disconcerting & annoying to see intrusions on the slide or > neg that you couldn't see when you framed the picture. A 100% veiwfinders will take a camera that would costs a few hundred dollars and push it up into the thousand and a half range. Most people don't want to spend the kind of money it costs to make their cameras that accurate. William Robb
