Since the same affect is seen in film viewfinders I'd say that is correct. I'll make the assumption that most of these camera lenses are probably varifocal instead of true zoom. Have you tried to see if you can focus it better when you do the digital zoom instead of optically. Since it is pixel replication and not actually changing the focal length does it help to focus to blow the image up some to focus then drop it down to shoot? Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frantisek Vlcek Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:48 PM To: Kent Gittings Subject: pseudo-slr digicams (was: Re: why EI-2000 is total ...) [on LCD pseudo-slr viewfinders] Monday, November 26, 2001, 3:51:09 PM, Kent wrote: KG> So I assume you have tried the manual focusing option on all these cameras KG> that have that option? KG> Kent Gittings Of course not on all of them, but I tried Fuji 4900, 6900, Olympus Camedia 2100. These three put me off LCD viewfinders for a long time. Manual focusing was impossible at the wide end, possible only at the long end, IMHO. I have also field experience (shooting short movies at school of journalism and independently) with Mini-DV moviecams using colour LCD viewfinders, and professional moviecams (S-VHS or /full/DV) which use B&W viewfinders. The later win easily. Even an old VHS camera with B&W finder (due to cost saving) is actually easier to focus manually than a colour finder mini-DV sony. Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
