nobbylon
Veteran
If you want a big VF in RF use an external VF.
If you want a big VF in an SLR use a film SLR.
If you want bigger you'd have to shoot LF (I suggest an 8x10 then you'll get a 10" notebook view).
I don't think the VF size is an issue with composition as there aren't any left outside of DSLRs. All I see is people with digital P&S cameras shooting away, some composing and some not. Besides, you can hardly see the LCD screen on a sunny day; the Hoodman screen shields are alright if you stick your face up to the camera (just like in the film days).
The viewfinder on my D700 with my dk17m eyepiece is larger than my f2's or F. The biggest viewfinder of any slr i've had was om1's. The best was my Leica R8.
Gary Sandhu
Well-known
My leica iiif has a terrible viewfinder.
Spyderman
Well-known
spystyle: Nikon EM is not the same as FE. EM was an entry-level model, while FE was more expensive.
Benjamin
Registered Snoozer
DEVOlution?
spystyle
Established
I can dig it
Though I never mentioned FE, I was talking about my EM. I don't own an FE.On the topic of viewfinders though, I Googled it a few times and it seems the general consensus is "Olympus OM-1" has the best viewfinder from a 35mm camera. I haven't tried it though.
It's too bad we can't take the pentaxprisms off of the old and now inexpensive SLRs and install them in our new dSLRs