[Leica] Olympus E 410 in Alicante

[octabod at gmail.com (Luis Miguel Castañeda Navas)]

On 05/07/2007, at 8:29, Frank Dernie wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
> how is the viewfinder? I have never tried one but have heard  
> reports that the Olympus 4/3 viewfinders are small and dim. Since  
> the viewfinder is a most important part of a camera for usability  
> for me this has put me off so far. I am not expecting an M or  
> Olympus OM1 quality viewfinder but how does it compare with the Canon?

you cannot compare a consumer-level camera's viewfinder with the one  
in a high-end camera, because it's one of the most expensive camera  
part if you want it bright and clear (aka OM1) made out of high  
quality glass instead a cheaper set of mirrors.
On the other hand, the size of it, which clearly has its weight in  
the amount of light that will reach to your eye, has to be in  
proportion of the format size, so it will never reach to the amount  
of bigger sizes. Said this, I found the olys viewfinders pretty  
compared with similary priced cameras (not the porro systems I never  
looked into), and the E1 was quite good.