Of course the viewfinder mag. is set by the overall viewfinder design but
the final "size" can be interpreted and compared by the data I posted.
I'm interested to know which SLR has larger finder mag. than the OM-1 (I'm
not talking about the overage, I know some other has 100%).
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
> "I have never seen a E-1 but Olympus spec. mentioned it is 0.96x with 50mm
> (100mm equ.) lens, how can it be as large as our OM which is 0.85x (OM4)
> with 50mm lens? Not the mention the super big OM1n/2n screen."
>
> Viewfinder magnification is set by the overall optical design of the
> viewfinder system. It is not determined by any one component, such as the
> size of the focusing screen or the lens's focal length.
>
> The OM-1 does not have a "super big" screen. It is small by comparison
with
> SLRs of 40 years ago, and modern SLRs have even smaller screens.
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