Originally posted by Lucky Sky This more an academic question than anything......I'm satisfied with the item.
To me it appears not, but maybe the brightness loss is there, but negligible. I can't tell (as of yet).
Academic questions get academic answers: Yes, it reduces the brightness. Thinking about it is is hard to imagine anything (a "picture" built by rays of light) getting bigger without getting dimmer. With this level of magnification you'll probably not noticing unless you check for it very hard.
I have two other questions: Is it easy to see all info around the viewfinder? Is the glass (plastic?) coated? I'm asking as the Nikon counterpart I'm using now for my DS isn't coated and sometimes that makes a difference.
thank you,