What lens are you experiencing with? I guess fast lens
would bright up the viewfinder causing the problem in
bright sunny days. What if you use the DOF preview to
step down the lens and read the information?
Herbet.
--- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is it just my eyes, or do other people find that
> it's almost impossible to
> > see the LEDs in the viewfinder of a ZX-5n when
> shooting outdoors in bright
> > light? Most of the time I end up guessing what it
> says. Do I need a black
> > cloth over my head like a view-camera
> photographer? Or are my batteries
> > starting to fade? Or is this just dumb
> engineering?
> >
> > J. John Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
>
> For anyone who shoots a lot in bright conditions,
> this is a fatal design
> flaw. It is the primary reason I did not buy a 5n.
> The problem is common
> to the P/Z and Z/X series cameras, but other models
> put the exposure
> information on the external lcd. Pentax switched off
> their collective
> brains on this aspect of the 5n.
>
> OTOH, this flaw steered me to the PZ-1p, with which
> I am quite pleased.
>
> You can overcome this problem, as another poster
> suggested.
>
> It's going to be interesting to see if the
> viewfinder in the MZ-S can be
> read in bright daylight.
>
> Joe
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