On Jun 26, 2006, at 4:29 PM, John Francis wrote: > .. Put an MX and a *ist-D up, side by side, one to each eye (you'll > have to do that with the cameras in portrait position), each with > a 50mm lens fitted, and objects seen through the two viewfinders > *will* appear to be the same size (and will appear just a little > smaller than you would see with the naked eye). It's just that > the MX will crop to one rectangualr portion of the total field > of view, while the *ist-D will crop to a somewhat smaller one.
Yup. Did just that with a pair of 50mm f/1.7 lenses fitted, MX and DS bodies. Exactly the same viewfinder magnification and brightness in the same area, just less area in the DSLR so the total illumination of the finder was lower. The smaller focusing screen in the DS has better eye relief: I was able to see the whole screen without moving my eye around. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
