Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All the given examples point to manual focus SLRs having brighter finders. This makes sense because in an autofucus SLR some of the light is reflected down to the autofocus sensors. The more light is reflected down the better tha autofocus performs. > >>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. >