Some of it must also have to with manufacturing tolerances surely?
At least that is the excuse I have heard before ;)
Dan S.
> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: E-300 specs
> The reason given in the days of film(sorry guys) was that part of the
> frame was hidden under the edge of the slide or the negative holder in
> the enlarger or scanner and that the viewfinder was allowing for that.
> With digital we really use the whole frame and some of the
> manufacturers seem to have gotten the message. Especially in these days
> with acres of black stuff around the image in the viewfinder you would
> think the view could take in the entire image.
> On the other hand I would argue that the 4% you are talking about is
> not really significant. #1 is that it is a digital camera and you will
> have an editing program that can easily crop out anything that you
> want. #2. What is 97%? On a a 24 x 36mm slide it is about .2mm border
> all around the slide. Not much detail there.
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California
> USA
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