Re: More Viewfinder Opinions

2002-02-26 Thread Alan Chan
Among the later Pentax manual focus bodies, can folks compare the various viewfinders? I'm looking at the P3, Super Program, Program Plus, ME Super, and MX. Are all these real pentaprisms? May I assume these are all better than my MZ-5 (which is practically useless for MF). They all have

Re: More Viewfinder Opinions

2002-02-26 Thread frank theriault
Until recently, the only 35mm slr's I used were Spots. I didn't think of them as dim - until I got the MX! I really noticed it this weekend, taking flash piccies of a daughter's birthday party, in a dim room, with one of my Spotties. It was so dim, it was hard to focus. I wished I had colour

More Viewfinder Opinions

2002-02-26 Thread Paul F. Stregevsky
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?)