There aren't enough details about the K20D implementation yet. I hope it's good.
The number of pixels on the display should not be an issue. All that's needed is to do a magnification in manual focus mode to enable you to see the critical focus point. The Panasonic L1, with a similar sized LCD, has an MF Assist mode for Live View which allows 4x and 10x magnification to enable very easy critical focus. I use this all the time when tripod mounted, and even hand-held in some instances, to nail the focus perfectly. It is extremely useful and much more effective than a focusing screen magnifier for the optical reflex system. 4x is enough for telephotos, 10x is important when using ultrawide lenses. The Olympus E-3 Live View supports 5x, 7x and 10x magnifications. Other Olympus DSLRs with Live View (E-330, E-410, E-510) have other variations on magnification. Don't know about the 40D or D300/D3 implementations. Godfrey On Jan 23, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Can't be sure. The 40D's Live View kinda sucked, it doesn't really > have the resolution on the rear LCD to truly determine critical > focus.. D300's is much better due to the much higher resolution rear > LCD. But you should be able to get accurate focus with either. > > -Adam > > On 1/23/08, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My german is worse than my english. >> >> Anybody got an idea on how useful the Live View will be? Will we >> be able to >> use it to get accurate focus in a tripod setup? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
