Chris, Among the models you've named, my experience is limited to Super Programs. But I can tell you the magnification of certain models: MZ-M: 0.77X MZ-5: 0.78X (I think) PZ-1P: 0.8X Super Program: 0.82X Program Plus: 0.82X KX: 0.88X LX with FA-1 finder: 0.9X ME Super: 0.95X MX: 0.95X (0.97X?) ME: 0.97X LX/FF-1 finder: 1.05X LX/FE-1 Magni-Finder: 1.35X
PDMLer Mark McMaster has written: "The view through the FE-1 is so huge, you'd almost think you were looking at a medium-format screen." I assume the Magni-Finder is the same as the Sports Finder, which reportedly offers the largest viewfinder in the Pentax line. There are other considerations, of course, such as screen brightness, matte texture, and what not. For nonbright lenses like f/5.6 telephotos, you may be better served by a viewfinder that has no rangefinder patch. The ME Super is available in two versions; horizontally split rangefinder and 45-degree split RF. One site says that the ME has perhaps the best viewfinder of any manual-focus SLR ever made. Yoshi has written (Feb. 2, 2000): "Considering easiness of focus, I rate the viewfinders of K-mount bodies I have ever tried as below: KX, MX, PZ1-P, ME Super, MZ-10 KM, ME, Ricoh XR-8 Super, MZ-3, LX, MZ-M K1000, MV-1 (KR-III), ZX-5n, MG I have never tried A-series nor SF series bodies. I feel very easy to focus even 50mm f/1.2 lens with K series bodies. I feel slightly hard to focus 50/1.2 lens with LX." Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - 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 .
