*ist and prime questions

Started Aug 8, 2008 | Discussions thread
Laurens Senior Member • Posts: 1,391
Re: *ist and prime questions

Ive jsut put them side to side, both with FA50/1.4 on (I ended up with two). Size is identical as is colour (the K100D which i tested had a slightly smaller finder, but with a strange bluish 'cold' tint) and light transmission

The DS appears to have a slightly better focus snap in the VF, and my quick testing seems to show that the K20D has about 1/2 less darkening when optical dof preview is used (which would again indicate better focus snap with the older DS). Perhaps the K20D VF has been optimised for smaller aperture zooms.

There is a tradeoff between VF size, brightness and focus snap.

All in all though the DS and the K20D are very close, with the DS having a slight edge IMHO (and both are better than the Nikon D50 that I have at the office (MF nearly impossible) or the Canon 350D)

regards,
Laurens

mfbernstein wrote:

Hi Laurens,

thanks for your thoughts. I'm curious about something: according to
the DPR spec sheets, the DS's viewfinder is actually just as large as
the K20D's. Has this been your experience? Cheers,

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