Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are 4 things in my opinion that are also affecting VF-ease-of-use.... sometimes referred to as brightness..... #1) Lenses are rarely faster than F2.8 or even F4 these days.,..... gone are the days of the common F1.4-1.8-2 lenses... that is a lot of light to inherently lose.... Zooms are the worst.... F5.6?????? that is 16 times dimmer than an F1.4 lens... Focusing just plain harder with less light..... #2) Probably lousy Screens..... I swear the a few bucks spent for a new screen would make a lot of these new cameras easier to manually focus.....but the AF lenses negate the secondary market demand for such needs..... #3) Our eyes..... Anyone over 40 out there? Our eyes need more light to get the contrast so we can actually see something.... Optometrists, and Ophthalmologists are welcome to pipe in.... #4) Our memories.... I am not so sure that we can judge brightness given #2 above plus our memories over the past 20-40 years..... Yes, the older cameras were brighter.... but there are a lot of reasons ...... Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net As for Viewfinder brightness, I'm with Doug, SL #1, then the R8. the rest just don't cut it. Gene