06-26-2010, 05:02 PM
Hi Scoot,
[quote name='Scott - California' date='26 June 2010 - 10:28 AM' timestamp='1277540935' post='711']
Thanks for posting this, as my wife wants a 7D. Live view may reduce or eliminate such concerns eventually, though, and we're waiting for the Mark II.
Anyone heard any rumors about some cameras not even having pentaprisms? I haven't, but I can imagine such a product in the amateur camera lines.
Scott
[/quote]
Yes, and it isn't a rumour, but fact. All of the xxxD cameras have pentamirrors rather than pentaprisms, which is one of the reasons why their viewfinders are supposedly a little darker than their xxD and 7D cousins.
Although this was certainly true for the 350D, and possibly with the cameras before it, I personally don't really see much of a difference if I have to be honest with any of the later camera bodies.
Kind regards, Wim
[quote name='Scott - California' date='26 June 2010 - 10:28 AM' timestamp='1277540935' post='711']
Thanks for posting this, as my wife wants a 7D. Live view may reduce or eliminate such concerns eventually, though, and we're waiting for the Mark II.
Anyone heard any rumors about some cameras not even having pentaprisms? I haven't, but I can imagine such a product in the amateur camera lines.
Scott
[/quote]
Yes, and it isn't a rumour, but fact. All of the xxxD cameras have pentamirrors rather than pentaprisms, which is one of the reasons why their viewfinders are supposedly a little darker than their xxD and 7D cousins.
Although this was certainly true for the 350D, and possibly with the cameras before it, I personally don't really see much of a difference if I have to be honest with any of the later camera bodies.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....