Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 05/07/2007, at 9:47, Frank Dernie wrote: > Hi Luis, > I DO want to compare these viewfinders. This is not a prelude to > slagging off the Olympus if it isn't as good, I don't expect it to be. all should be a long valley of tears if we take the OM or F viewfinders as standards and we measure everything against them, just want to notice why, numbers over the table, they will never compare positively with classic or bigger (d)slr formats. > I am simply asking the question "how does it compare". imho, as subjective (others could have other viewpoints), and as you could imagine: E400 better than D70 (not a great deal) E400 about the same than 20D, a bit darker and smaller as you could also imagine. probably if they were using a solid block of optic glass neatly polished for its pentaprism it will be clearer, but its weight and price will fall apart of the current category... and -afaik- nobody is doing that nowadays. > My Rollei 6008i has a very big view, due to the format size, but > the brightness has been most effected by the screens I have tried, > a Maxwell and two different Rollei screens which gave a very > significant difference in vf brightness. transmitance should be good on those, but do not forget the distance up the gg and how isolated of external lights it is. Cheers.