I agree - it is quite impossible to focus the 24-90 at the wide angle end on the LX with a matte screen. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Pål Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 31. lokakuuta 2001 14:21 Aihe: Pentax AF viewfinders >Erik wrote: > >"Why is it so difficult to put a decent viewfinder on the newer models? >I've compared of course the LX, but also MX, with the MZ-3 and MZ-S and the >difference is apparent. I just don't get it. " > >Pål´s reply: >I don't get it either because I find the viewfinder on the MZ-S the best >ever for achieving focus (with a possible exception of the LX with the new >focusing screens). >The Z-1p is significantly better than the LX (with the old screens) for >focusing. Note that this is something totally different from viewfinder >appearance and brightness. Eg. with the 600/4 and the 1,4X-L converter the >Z-1p was much easier to focus in spite of a darker viewfinder than the LX >(with the old screens). >Similarly the MZ-S is way better than the Z-1p for focusing. In a side by >side situation I was able to focus the MZ-S with the 600/4 and 2X converter >easily on moving subject while I found it hopeless on the Z-1p, not to >mention any older Pentax. This fact alone made me sell off my Z-1p. Also >the Z-1p viewfinder has a warm color cast absent on the MZ-S which is neutral. >It may well be that older viewfinders appear good but when it comes to >using them its apparent that newer focusing screens are much better >regardless of finder brightness. >I don't find the 100% viewfinder a big deal. Either way, you have to take >care of whats included in the finder or not. Eg. with 100% viewfinder you >loose the edges when framing slides. So you have to make room when >composing. The 92% viewfinders are made to fit a slide frame and I have >never experienced any problem due to this coverage. > >Pål - 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 .
