Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>In the real world, Vick, the DMR has never existed.;-) >BTW, for all the horse hooey yesterday about the worthless viewfinder in the >new Canon, it's interesting to note the following: > >Leica R9: >Viewfinder Field: 23 x 25 mm, corresponds to 93 % of the image area >(96 % vertical x 97 % horizontal), in conformance with the >standardized 35 mm slide format. Viewfinder Magnification: 0.75 x >with a 50 mm lens set at infinity and at 0 diopter correction. > >Canon EOS 5D: >Viewfinder >? 96% frame coverage >? 0.71x magnification > >So let me get this straight - the 5D provides MORE image coverage than an >R9, and it provides .71 magnification, compared to the Leica M's stunning >.72, and the R9s 'world beating .75, and yet the new 5D has such a poor >viewfinder that it's not worth considering according to some here? >Fascinating. *Why do I have the feeling that if it was emblazoned with a Red >Dot and the name Leica half the members of the list would already have >orders in? (Except Doug, of course, because it doesn't offer 16 bit >capture.)* :-) Heretical curse, this is the LUG, the list where the most quoted word is C!&%n :-)