Pentax could always design and release a DLX (digital)LX with a finder as large as the LX. It just wouldnt be cheap.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I like my focusing screen J.C., I don't assume it, it's the way it is. I have yet to look through the viewfinder of an AF FF (D)SLR that is as big as those on manual focus SLRs. Here's an image comparison for a bunch of DSLRs and the Oly OM-1: http://snapsort.com/learn/images/viewfinder-size-comparison.jpg Cheers, -M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 8 November 2012 10:46, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > Secondly, why do you feel an FF AF camera viewfinder must be smaller than a > FF manual focus viewfinder? > > ----------------- > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:35 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: I like my focusing screen > > Bear in mind that an AF camera, even FF, won't have such a big screen > as an LX, MX, etc. I hear a lot of yearning for a Pentax FF "just for > the viewfinder" and I have to wonder if those people have looked > through the viewfinder of a FF DSLR. I've compared the Nikon D700's > viewfinder to that of my K10D with accessory 1.17x diopter magnifier, > and the difference was not huge; certainly not a big enough > improvement to justify the expense of moving to FF just for it. > > Now, the 645D's viewfinder...now THAT would definitely be an > improvement; it was like looking at a movie theater screen right > inside your camera :-) > > Cheers, > > -M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > > > On 8 November 2012 07:43, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: >> agreed, but a good screen helps. One of the big reasons I want a full > frame >> DSLR from pentax is to get back one of those big full size bright >> viewfinders like on their film cameras. >> >> ----------------- >> J.C.O'Connell >> hifis...@gate.net >> ----------------- >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniele Procida >> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:57 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: I like my focusing screen >> >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: >> >>>First thing I did when I bought my istDS 6 years ago was to replace the >>>stock focus screen. I went with a generic chinese split image screen. It >>>makes manual focussing a pleasure compared to stock and highly recommended >>>for anyone using manual focus lenses. >> >> One of the (many) things that prompted me to go back to film was the >> horrific experience of trying to focus through the tiny dull viewfinder of > a >> digital SLR. >> >> Daniele >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
