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Started Sep 2, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Barry Pearson
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Re: My experiences of camera viewing systems

OpticsEngineer wrote:

Thanks for the thoughts.

I am curious. How does the OVF on your SP500s compare to the ones on the newer Pentax DSLRs.

I don't have an objective way of measuring it.

Subjectively, (so this is my own opinion), the image in an SP500 viewfinder is bigger than in a K-1-series, and not very different from that of a K-3-series with an O-ME53 enlarging eye-piece.

The K-1-series viewfinder image is "cleaner"; the SP500 shows the ground-glass more.
The SP500 has microprism and split-image manual focusing using the viewing screen.

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