Hi Dogbreath
Another benefit of less than life-size finders is greater brightness
since there's the same light in less area.
I'd suspect that a brighter finder (Beatti or 2-series) in your old
OM would increase it to more than the -3 & -4 since they siphon off
some light for the meter readings.
Tom
On 28 Dec 99, at 22:10, Dogbreath spoke about
*[OM] Finder optics and OM bodies..* saying
> Some thoughts about finders...
...
> As many of may know already, the Nikon finder appears to magnify
> less, allowing the eye to take in the whole frame more easily, but
> focusability suffers as a result. The HP finders from Nikon are
> even more like that.
And a happy New Year to you and yours.
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