Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/13

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Subject: Re: Finder brightness
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:00:28 -0400

At 07:01 PM 13-04-97 -0800, Donal Philby wrote:
>LUGnuts:
>
>Yesterday I borrowed my studio mates Nikon F5 with 80-200 and compared
>finder brightness with my N90s and 80-200.  I was expecting the F5 to be
>brighter.  It's more money, right?
>
>I found, to my surprise, that if I stopped the lens on the N90s down one
>stop the finders matched in brightness.
>
>Evidence of rumors I've heard that since most manufacturers are going to
>AF they don't feel the need to concentrate on bright finders.
>
>But I've seen the R7, and it is at least a stop brighter than my N90s,
>and the R8 makes the R7 look like it is wearing sunglasses.
>
>So how do they do it.  What factors create a bright, easy to focus
>finder????

Don't know, but my 25 year old Nikon F2 is at least 1 stop brighter than my
Minolta AF 9xi.

Dan C.