re Magnification data for a few Nikons
F6 Magnification 74% with 50mm lens at infinity (F5 70%, F80 75%, F100 76%,F4 70%, F3 80% (with HP 75%)) The F6,F5,F4,F3,F2 and F all have 100% viewfinder coverage
The best part is the 100% viewfinder on all the single integer F's "true WYSIWYG" the so called amateur models for Nikon all have less @ 92-95% coverage.
Not wanting to start any flame wars, but I have a few Nikons as well as a few Pentax cameras.
regards,
Phil
in sunny Victoria
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: AW: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD
Juan Buhler mused:
I don't have an LX, but love the viewfinder in my MXs.
I wonder how much would a DSLR with a viewfinder that is as bright and big as that cost?
j
MX: 0.97 magnification, 95% coverage.
ME Super: 0.95 magnification, 92% coverage.
*ist-D: 0.95 magnification, 95% coverage.
(all magnification figures are with a 50mm lens)
So the *ist-D is pretty close to an M-body as the viewfinder goes.
It's not as large, of course: you're only going to see the cropped image corresponding to the smaller APS-C sensor.
I think the laws of physics would prevent an enlarged view of that central portion being as bright as the MX viewfinder, so you're not going to see a full frame view from an APS-C DSLR that's as bright as the MX, and subtends the same angle of view at your eye; you'd need a "full-frame" DSLR for that.
That aside, I doubt if you'd see it, anyway; I can't find the magnification of the Nikon F6, but the Canon EOS-1V is only 72% (just a little better than the 70% of the 1Ds Mark II). There's a lot more in-viewfinder information than there was in the MX.
