Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly. It's weird. You get an SLR, and you just expect a certain view. I stuck a 35/2 on it and took a peak around, took a few snaps. It looked odd, but I figured that was just the crop factor. So today, I put a 50/1.8 on my FM3a to do a quick comparison, and then it became obvious to me. The D70 image is really tiny by comparison. Darker as well, but it was the VF image size that really struck me. Pretty disappointing. Now, I love my little Rollei AFM35 P&S, and even my Oly Epic. And both of these have a really squinty VF. Sure, they're nice little P&S cameras. But it was kind of a disappointing "cognitive dissonance" to see such a small VF image in the D70. Just didn't match up with my expectations of an SLR VF, I guess (even a rather low end SLR). Anyway, it is what it is. I don't want to dis it. I read everywhere that for the price, it's a pretty good performer - other than the VF :-) So I imagine I'll adapt and come to appreciate its finer features. It's plastic but I got Ritz's "you drop it, we'll fix it" warranty. They've made good on this - very good - for me on another camera in the past - no shipping or shipping charges, no questions asked. Just brought it into the store, and the returned repair sheet showed a very thorough check and overhaul I didn't even expect. So I'm not too worried about its build for my own toying around purposes. I wonder if the D1X and D2H have nicer "real" viewfinders? Scott Feli di Giorgio wrote: >On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 11:31, robertmeier@usjet.net wrote: > > >>Scott, >> >>What specifically is wrong with the viewfinder? (D70) >> >>Bob >> >> > >It's on the "squinty" side and not particularly bright. > > >Feli > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >