At 12:05 PM 6/27/03 +0100, you wrote:
Alan Chan wrote: > > Just wondering, if F5 was supposed to be a press camera. What is the > importance of interchangable finders? I mean, the job of press photographers > is to point and shoot fast. Or is there any other applications which F5 > rules?
Alan,
The option of a waist level finder, a turret finder, a sports finder and even using no finder at all greatly extend the versatility of an SLR camera.
I really miss my Nikon F4 because the additional finders were excellent for landscape, action, macro and copy work. I used standard, waist level and 6X turret finders and occasionally borrowed a sports finder from a friend.
It's also why I bought a Pentax LX, whose finder options are (in my opinion) even better than Nikon's. However, I haven't bought any non-standard finders yet ...
Another point; interchangeable finders mean that changing focusing screens is a breeze!
Regards,
John
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