Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 30, Issue 255
From: FELIXMATURANA at telefonica.net (Félix López de Maturana)
Date: Tue Aug 23 14:36:49 2005
References: <200508231452.j7NEmB6G076693@server1.waverley.reid.org>

>In the real world, Vick, the DMR has never existed.;-)
>BTW, for all the horse hooey yesterday about the worthless viewfinder in the
>new Canon, it's interesting to note the following:
>
>Leica R9:
>Viewfinder Field: 23 x 25 mm, corresponds to 93 % of the image area
>(96 % vertical x 97 % horizontal), in conformance with the
>standardized 35 mm slide format. Viewfinder Magnification: 0.75 x
>with a 50 mm lens set at infinity and at 0 diopter correction.
>
>Canon EOS 5D:
>Viewfinder
>? 96% frame coverage
>? 0.71x magnification
>
>So let me get this straight - the 5D provides MORE image coverage than an
>R9, and it provides .71 magnification, compared to the Leica M's stunning
>.72, and the R9s 'world beating .75, and yet the new 5D has such a poor
>viewfinder that it's not worth considering according to some here?
>Fascinating. *Why do I have the feeling that if it was emblazoned with a Red
>Dot and the name Leica half the members of the list would already have
>orders in? (Except Doug, of course, because it doesn't offer 16 bit
>capture.)*


 :-)  Heretical curse, this is the LUG, the list where the most quoted word 
is C!&%n  :-)