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Turn
08-12-2007, 01:34 AM
Why do dSLR makers have Viewfinders that show less than 100% when in previous camera's/models they have had 100% coverage.

and why does the Mark III have a crop factor of 1.3 when its predecessor has a full frame sensor?

it...I dunno doesn't make sense to me
sounds like cost/manufacturing reasons but is that the only reason?
Rooz
08-12-2007, 02:13 AM
i may be wrong but isn;t the Mk III's 1.3 crop due to getting the most speed out of the camera ? regardless of what the reason is, i seriously doubt that it has anything to do with manufacturing costs, at least not with the Mk III anyway.
Turn
08-12-2007, 02:17 AM
hmmm....well thats a justifiable explanation of the crop factor...
but as you're not entirelly sure I would like hard facts (no offense of course, thanks for the reply)
coldrain
08-12-2007, 02:30 AM
Why do dSLR makers have Viewfinders that show less than 100% when in previous camera's/models they have had 100% coverage.

and why does the Mark III have a crop factor of 1.3 when its predecessor has a full frame sensor?

it...I dunno doesn't make sense to me
sounds like cost/manufacturing reasons but is that the only reason?
What DSLR has a 100% coverage of the view finder? And which DSLR does not, while its predecessor does have one?

I think only 1 DSLR has a 100% view finder coverage, and that is a Canon top range camera. All others hover around the 95%.

And the 1D mk III has an 1.3x crop factor sensor, just like its 1D mk IIN predecessor, which in turn has the same 1.3x crop factor as its 1D mk II predecessor, which in turn has the same crop factor as its 1D predecessor.

The 1Ds is a different camera, not Canon's speed monster but Canon's full frame resolution monster. The 1Ds and 1Ds mk II both have a full frame sensor, and so will its follow-up.
Turn
08-12-2007, 02:56 AM
And the 1D mk III has an 1.3x crop factor sensor, just like its 1D mk IIN predecessor, which in turn has the same 1.3x crop factor as its 1D mk II predecessor, which in turn has the same crop factor as its 1D predecessor.

The 1Ds is a different camera, not Canon's speed monster but Canon's full frame resolution monster. The 1Ds and 1Ds mk II both have a full frame sensor, and so will its follow-up.

you pointed out something that I didn't see:
the 1D and the 1Ds are different, I initially asummed that they were like how the D70s was to the D70 and the XTi to the XT