Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All is not gravy. Read what the guy at dpreview says about the viewfinder for the Canon 20D (or said, I can't seem to find it now). To save money, Canon has used a smaller prism and smaller mirror, resulting in a noticably darker and grittier view of the groundglass. Check out http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/20d-part1.shtml. This is where I got the poor viewfinder info. "...This makes the viewfinder a bit dimmer and a bit coarser than the previous generation. The coarseness isn't all that apparent indoors or under low contrast outdoor light conditions, but outdoors on a bright sunny day it's painfully obvious. (Canon claims that the coarseness to aid manual focusing, but that's just marketing BS; simply an attempt to turn a deficiency into a feature)." -dan c.