I would have expected that Olympus could produce some more reasonably-priced
F2 lenses (including zooms) in view of the smaller format. That would give a
lot moe light in the viewfinder. Using a pentaprism instead of mirrors would
help too.
Roger Key
>From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Thoughts on Olympus SLRs
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:28:29 -0800
>
>
>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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