George Mann
Member
Is it true that Nikkormats have a viewfinder coverage of 80 to 85 percent? I have never really noticed it being this tight.
The FTN/FT2 is closer to 92% as I understand.
My Zenit TTL has I think 65% coverage.
That figure is absurd. KMZ states for the Zenit EM and 122 for the vertical 84% and for the horizontal 78%
Viewfinder coverage is typically not stated by square but by linear coverage.
Zenit E series:
vertical 84% and for the horizontal 78%
I did not deny that, but the point is, what so far was not discussed, that there are 2 ways of defining viewfinder coverage: linear and square !"
So far I only considered the linear way. And I am not sure if editors at manufacturers, when stating area coverage still do not actually mean instead a linear coverage.
For example: stated 94% area coverage, but meant is 94% vertical and 94% horizontal.
In any case I read it this way so far.
And this is the only way useful of putting such information.
Anyway, so far I checked:
KMZ: linear
Canon: linear
Minolta: square
Olympus: square
Pentacon: linear
Pentax: linear
Mamiya: square
Ricoh: linear
Leica: linear
Fuji: linear
Cosina: linear
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