seeing the whole picture?
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:04 pmone thing that bugged me on the good old film based 35mm slrs was that 100% coverage in the viewfinder was only ever found on pro-spec models, unlike faster shutter speeds, faster frames per second etc it never filtered down to the consumer models.
Now, on the vast majority of DSLRs they are using a sensor way smaller than a 35mm frame so, to my tiny mind i figured the manufacturers would use the prism's from older 35mm consumer models (which gave say 95% coverage on 35mm) on the DSLRs as, given the smaller size of the sensor v 35mm frame, they'd surely give 100% viewfinder coverage?
To me thats a more valuable improvement than increasing burst rate - i never find landscape or stil life moving that quick
Now, on the vast majority of DSLRs they are using a sensor way smaller than a 35mm frame so, to my tiny mind i figured the manufacturers would use the prism's from older 35mm consumer models (which gave say 95% coverage on 35mm) on the DSLRs as, given the smaller size of the sensor v 35mm frame, they'd surely give 100% viewfinder coverage?
To me thats a more valuable improvement than increasing burst rate - i never find landscape or stil life moving that quick
