I can see what you mean about a little slack in the viewfinder for
slides but surely they could have upped the visible area to 97% on the
E-300 or somewhere around that? I've taken photos with both my OM-1n and
OM-10 and if you aren't really careful sometimes the 4% difference can
mean the difference between an object straying into the FOV or not,
hence making the difference between a good photo or a spoilt one!
Personally I just can understand why Olympus didn't lump for a bit more
FOV. Apart from that rant the E-300 seems very nice. It still hasn't
swayed me to the Dark Side though..... ;-)
All the best,
Gareth.
Moose wrote:
> Single digit OMs are 97%, double digit are 93%. Somewhere in the mid 90s
> is pretty typical of film SLRs. 100% would be bad for slides, as the
> mount always loses some of the frame.
>
> E-1 = 100%, 20D 95%, 1D Mk. II 100%, D70 95%, D2H 100%. 100% should be
> good for digital in theory, but in practice a little slack might be
> nice. Looks like Oly, C and N put a little margin for error in the low
> end bodies and none in the pro bodies.
>
> Moose
>
> Gareth.J.Martin wrote:
>
>
>>It certainly looks and interesting camera. One thing that bothers me was
>>this quote:
>>
>>"Subjects framed within the EVOLT optical viewfinder are 94% centered
>>for accurate composition."
>>
>>Is this trying to say that only 94% of the overall frame the lens is
>>capable of photgraphing is visible through the viewfinder?
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Gareth.
>>
>>
>>
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