There is only so much light that can get to the viewfinder optics by
way of the lens and the tiny mirror. You could get a viewfinder image
the same size as the OM, but it would be very dim. Some makers of
reduced format cameras have found a decent engineering compromise
with some models like the D200 and D2Xs, but there is no substitute
for a big mirror to get a big, bright image. The 4/3 cameras are even
further handicapped in that area.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Surely it must be possible to build into the camera body a reasonably
> compact optical system which would present to the viewer's eye an
> optical
> image as large as, or even larger than, the image seen in OM view-
> finders.
>
> Is this too much to ask? I think not.
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