Originally posted by drougge I took a photo through the finder that I think shows at least that the crop frame and the grid are not really the same display. (This is the lower right of the crop frame, showing the grid line in focus but the crop frame not so much.)
The crop frame and grid are independent of each other, yes.
Originally posted by drougge Do you have a source for that?
It's evident from the viewfinder's appearance. Again, the K-1's viewfinder overlay is not a matrix of pixels, but rather an array of much larger liquid crystals that can be turned on and off independently of each other. However, just like segments on an 8-digit calculator display, there's no option for only half to be illuminated at once.
Note that if the display were a matrix of pixels, the various components would have discernible gaps and diagonal lines (such as the ones in the grid) would appear aliased.
Originally posted by drougge We can see in the video npc posted on the first page that there was a 1:1 mode on preproduction models, and I still maintain that since the whole finder goes dark and blurry when you remove the battery there is a display covering the whole thing.
Based on pre-production testing that one of my reviewers did, the VF did not change in 1:1 mode. I'm almost certain that this is why the option was ultimately removed.
Adam
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