Mechanical slr camera with 100% viewfinder beside nikon F/F2/F3

darkosaric · Dec 6, 2011

Hi all,

is there any? I am looking at specs of many cameras - but did not find any mechanical slr camera that has 100% viewfinder beside F/F2/F3.

thanks,

Chan Tran · Dec 6, 2011

The Canon F1 older version is mechanical and has 100% viewfinder. The newest version is not. The F3 isn't mechanical either.

analog what is that? · Dec 6, 2011

I think there was a Minolta with exchangeable prism..... but probably not 100% mechanical

And the early Leicaflex is candidates too, I think.

tomalophicon · Dec 6, 2011

Check out the new Kenko cameras. They are mechanical but I'm not sure about the viewfinder.

darkosaric · Dec 6, 2011

Chan Tran said:
The Canon F1 older version is mechanical and has 100% viewfinder. The newest version is not. The F3 isn't mechanical either.

On mir.com.my site

http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/canonf1n/spec.htm

they say it is 97% coverage.

darkosaric · Dec 6, 2011

analog what is that? said:
And the early Leicaflex is candidates too, I think.

I checked - also not 100% viewfinder

CGW · Dec 6, 2011

What's the prize for coming up with the most cameras?

ic-racer · Dec 6, 2011

I don't think those cameras (100% viewfinder) were ever that popular because the most common presentation of photographs is a white border, which of course requires some image overlap (loss) onto the easel blades.

tomalophicon · Dec 6, 2011

I think slides when mounted generally cut off some of the image too.

tomalophicon · Dec 6, 2011

CGW said:
What's the prize for coming up with the most cameras?

It must have felt good typing that one.

Chan Tran · Dec 6, 2011

The Nikon F series cameras except may be the F and F2 are not 100% viewfinder accuracy either but I think they are better than 99%. So 97% is not considered to be virtually 100% as in Nikon manual tends to say. I have only owned F2, F3 and F5 and found the viewfinders are accurate but can't verify if they are actually 100%. I never own the Canon and thought that the F1 was 100% accurate. May be the Minolta XK is but then it has an electronically controlled shutter.

narsuitus · Dec 6, 2011

When I was shooting macro and copy work, 100% viewfinder coverage was very important to me. The Nikon F, F2, F3, and F4 that I used all had viewfinders that provided the 100% coverage that I needed. Of the four, the F and F2 were mechanical.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336821@N00/6307637714/

Rol_Lei Nut · Dec 7, 2011

analog what is that? said:
I think there was a Minolta with exchangeable prism..... but probably not 100% mechanical

And the early Leicaflex is candidates too, I think.

However nice the Leicaflex screens/viewfinders may be, they're still not 100% coverage...

darkosaric · Dec 7, 2011

In B&W work I am printing whole frame together with black edge - so 100% is a must have.

Minolta XK: 98%

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/minoltaxk/htmls/spec.htm

tomalophicon · Dec 7, 2011

Sounds like you'll have to settle with a trade-off which, IMO, is something the practice of photography is full of.

Les Sarile · Dec 7, 2011

The Pentax LX is mostly mechanical but not 100% either. I have the F, F2 & F3 and used their 100% coverage and they are.

Mechanical slr camera with 100% viewfinder beside nikon F/F2/F3

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