From the press release: > Bright, clear viewfinder > Featuring a glass pentaprism, the K10D’s viewfinder offers a 96- > percent field of view and a > 0.95-times magnification for easy viewing of the subject and > effortless confirmation of focus > and composition. Coupled with the acclaimed Natural-Bright-Matte II > focusing screen, it > delivers a large, bright subject image.
vs > Viewfinder: > Optical Viewfinder -Pentamirror with Natural-Bright-Matte II > focusing screen > Viewfinder Coverage - 95% > Viewfinder Magnification - 0.95x (with 50mm f1.4 lens, -1-1) > Diopter Adjustment - -2.5m-1 to +1.5m-1 So it's hard to say... one of the two is in error. Aside from the 'pentamirror' word in the spec listing, it sure sounds like the DS pentaprism viewfinder fitted with a new screen, same spec on the latter from the K100D and DL model ... from the DS-DL instruction manual specifications: > Viewfinder [DS] > Penta-prism finder, Natural-Bright-Matte focusing screen, Field of > view: 95%, Magnification 0.95× (with 50 mm f/1.4 lens at ∞), > Diopter: –2.5m-1 to +1.5m-1. (per meter) > Viewfinder [DL] > Penta-mirror viewfinder, Natural-Bright-Matte II focusing screen, > Field of view: 95%, Magnification 0.85x (with 50mm f/1.4 lens at > ∞), Diopter: –2.5m-1 to +1.5m-1. (per meter). Bottom line for me is that I'll look through it and see how well I like it. I may not like it as much, or I might like it more, but I think the rest of the features are compelling enough that I'll like the camera regardless. Even the DL/K100D viewfinder seems quite acceptable from my looking through them. Godfrey On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: > It has a PENTAMIRROR??!? WTF? > > I probably just get a K100D then, if the viewfinder is not any better. > Or just give it up and splurge for a Leica M8. > > Pentamirror + no AAs... > > Or is that a mistake? It does say .95 magnification, wouldn't that be > dim for a pentamirror? > > On 9/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html? >> AType=0 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
