Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/25

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Subject: Re: finder brightness
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 15:33:03 -0400
 
At 08:24 AM 25-04-97 -0700, Godfrey wrote:
>>What makes the R8 finder SSSOOOOOOOO BRIGHT?????  What controls finder
>>brightness beyond the speed of the attached lens?  Compare the finder of
>>an R8 and a Nikon F5 and you will know why Nikon has to concentrate on
>>AF.
>
[snip]

>Personally, when I played with an R8 side by side with a Nikon F3 and F5, 
>I did see a discernable difference between the R8 and the F5 but not so 
>much between the R8 and the F3. Could be my imagination. I do love the 
>high eyepoint finders of the F3 and R8, and yes I prefer manual focusing 
>to AF most of the time.

I've noticed that the screen in my 26 year old Nikon F2 is significantly
brighter than both my Minolta 9000 and Minolta 9xi screens.

Dan C.