On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is unrelated to either the sensor size, or it's technology, and > entirely dependent on the optics of the viewfinder. The D80 has about > 95% coverage, which is pretty good for a consumer DSLR (but why oh why > don't camera manufacturers make 100% coverage viewfinders as a matter > of course?)
I think the reason for not having 100% coverage finders is historical... e.g. If you are shooting slides 100% coverage in the finder is a disadvantage as the edges of the slide are usually cropped during processing and framing - so if you had 100% coverage in the finder you could have lost some part of your composition.....
