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Originally posted by Schraubstock Thanks Mikesul
The way you phrase your reply suggests I am unaware of the presense of the rear LCD and a top LCD. I am sure you did not mean this but that's how it reads.
In any case using these as a substitude for the the info panel in the viewfinder is not practical in my activity as a photographer. I need to see or be informed of the settings as I look through the VF. For a very important reasons namely:
For an instant reminder that my previous settings I had changed to are either suitable for the shot I am about to take and if not can be quickly changed WITHOUT taking my eye off the VF.
Using any other method would require to take the cam off my eye. Trying to read the rear LCD in snow country in clear sky and bright sun is next to impossible, as we all know. The small top LCD while it may be more readabl does only give minimal scant information.
Going down this route to do adjustmants under these tying condition and by the time I have done it, put my eye back to the VF... oh crap, the shot I wanted to take is gone.
You can now see why a brightness control wheel or button somewhere in easy reach directly on the camera body would be more than just a good idea.
Should be doable don't you think ?
Cheers
No, I was correcting myself, not you. In my original post I had said LCDs forgetting that the top one is an LED. That was all I intended - to fix my careless wording on the first post.
On the K-1 the LCD is easily read even in the bright Arizona midday sun when it is set to one of the higher settings usings Fx2. This has solved many problems for me.f
I do not know what Pentax can do on new bodies but at least for me, the K-1 lcd solution works fine.