Het mysterie van de donkere zoeker blijft me nog even bezighouden en ik heb het internet nog wat afgezocht.
Daar vond ik de onderstaande opmerkingen in het forum van
www.photo.net.
Zou iemand eens kunnen controleren of het inderdaad klopt dat als je de accu er uit haalt je een donkerder zoeker krijgt?
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The D70 viewfinder is certainly the worst Nikon ever built, at least in the last 20 years. Compared to F90's and F100's (and others) bright and large viewfinders, the D70 looks like a toy P&S viewfinder! It's even smaller than the D100's which is already small and dark. I consider the viewfinder a very important part of a camera, it's where you compose and focus the final image. If you take a look inside the D70's body, you'll see how small the mirror and screen have become. Looks real cheap! It's hard to imagine using my F100 and the D70 at the same time. Looks like I have to wait for D2X. Too bad.
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Definitely one of the worst from Nikon I have seen.
I saw the D70 at a shop today, ready to make a purchase. When I looked through the viewfinder, my heart sank. It was that bad.
I am really surprised at the comment that the viewfinder is perfectly adequate, especially coming from someone who uses glasses (as I do).
This camera would simply be very difficult to shoot with for any extended period of time with this viewfinder. Ergonomics are pretty poor overall. Too bad....I wanted to like this camera!
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One of the quirks of the D70 viewfinder design is that it gets really dim if the battery is removed. My guess would be around 2 or 3 stops. I hope that there isn't a difference of opinion on the viewfinder due to the fact that some camera stores might be showing the D70 without a charged battery installed.
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As to brightness, the viewfinders of the D100, F80, D70 and F75 are dim when the power is turned off because of their construction. The viewfinder is overlaid with a transparent CCD display unit which projects the information on it (as well as the on-demand gridlines in the D100 and F80, not sure if the D70 and F75 have that feature). These components have a tendency to be slightly grey in tone and not fully transparent unless a current is trickling through them (which does not happen if the power is turned off). When powered they are (almost) as bright as any other Nikon viewfinder (though a tad smaller than the large viewfinders of the professional cameras for which you pay a lot more of course).
bron:
http://www.photo.net/equipment/nikon/D70/