Dario Bonazza wrote on 03.06.05 14:07: > Strange indeed. I compared *istD and 7D at Photokina, and the 7D viewfinder > was noticeably narrower. Even the Minolta guy admitted that without > hesitation. > Brighter? Yes, I think so. > > Yes, it was a prototype, but... I had an opportunity to test production sample. As usually I used similar focal length, similar f-stop and looked through both finders simultaneously. D7D's one was undoubtely slightly bigger and brighter than the one in *istD, althought the difference wasn't as big as between *istD and for instance N D70. As a matter of fact I compared D7D's finder to MZ-S too and there was very slight difference (in favour of MZ-S of course) between these... Popular Photography has even measured magnification and coverage of both viewfinders: D7D: magnification 0.95X, coverage 95.2% *istD: magnification 0.94X, coverage 88% Both tests can be downloaded here: http://www.popphoto.com/assets/download/1142004172027.pdf http://www.popphoto.com/assets/download/PP0205_Minolta7DTest.pdf It seems that worse coverage makes *istD viewfinder smaller than the one in D7D. Minolta had undoubtly the best viewfinders among analogue AF cameras and as I can see they continue this tradition in DSLRs.
-- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
