Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]None better except for a d4! Leo Wesson photographer?videographer leo at leowesson.com 817?733?9157 On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > Guess ya'll don't shoot with the Nikon D3 :) Not as bright as the R8/ > R9 but very close. > > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" > Subject: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck. > > >> Douglas writes" >> "Over the last couple of months I picked up quite a few Non-AF >> cameras at >> >> rock-bottom prices to play around with - a couple of Canon A1s, a >> Pentax >> >> MX, an OM-10 and a Yashica FX-D - all of them have viewfinders much >> >> brighter the ones in my Canon EOS 500N and 20D." >> >> - - - - - >> >> The best SLR viewfinders for me are the ones in the Olympus OM-1 >> and OM-2. >> Large, clear and bright plus the ability to interchange screens for >> specific >> purposes. Too bad no company, not even Olympus, has seen fit to >> make a DSLR >> the same size as the OM series with the same clear viewfinder. I >> could do >> without the bells and whistles, the auto focus, and the movie mode >> but not >> without the viewfinder. The size seems a natural for 4/3. Olympus >> really >> regressed in the E-500 series. >> >> >> On a related note, I really miss adequate optical viewfinders on >> the current >> crop of P&S digitals. I find it almost impossible to use the LCD >> screen on a >> sunny day. I'm thinking of going back to a black view camera >> focusing cloth. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information