I've always read that the viewfinder sees 970f the scene recorded on film.
The reason for the 97 0s that is approximately the area that is lost on a
slide mount.
Jim Caldwell
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From: "John Hudson" <xyyc@xxxxxxxx>
To: "LIST - Olympus" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: [OM] Field of view thru the viewfinder
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> Can anyone please tell me what proportion of the area captured by a 35mm
> negative is observed through the viewfinders of an OM4T and an OM2n?
>
> Is the proportion influenced by the local length of the lens up front
> and if so how might one determine the area captured by any particular
> focal length?
>
> John Hudson
> Vancouver, BC
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