Digital SLR Viewfinder Sizes

DSLR ViewfinderThe size of a camera's viewfinder can greatly affect its usability. The larger the viewfinder, the easier it is to judge focus and to see subject detail. The greater a viewfinder's coverage, the easier it is to precisely compose photographs. With modern DSLR cameras, viewfinder size varies more than image quality. So, once image quality is good enough, why not select a camera based on its viewfinder? The more you use your digital SLR, the more you will notice the viewfinder - and its limitations.

 

The table below shows the specification of each DSLR camera's viewfinder. Coverage is measured as a percentage of the full image captured. Therefore, a viewfinder with a coverage of 100%, shows the entire image to be captured. Magnification is a relative measure which compares the size of what we see through the viewfinder to what we would be seeing without looking through a viewfnder. For cameras with the same crop-factor (focal-length-multiplier), magnification can be used to compare viewfinder size. Magnification is relative because manufacturers all use the field-of-view obtained by a 50mm lens as their basis. Since a 50mm lens gives a different field-of-view depending on the crop-factor, the measured magnification differs too. For reference, the crop factor and resolution of each camera is also shown. The effective size should be used when comparing viewfinders of cameras with different crop factors.


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Brand / Model Coverage Magnification Crop Factor Effective Size
8 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 1D Mark II
100%
0.72
1.3
0.553
8 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 1D Mark II N
100%
0.72
1.3
0.553
16 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
100%
0.7
1
0.7
21 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
100%
0.76
1
0.76
8 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 20D
95%
0.9
1.6
0.562
8 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 30D
95%
0.9
1.6
0.562
10 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 40D
95%
0.95
1.6
0.593
15 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 50D
95%
0.95
1.6
0.593
12 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 5D
96%
0.71
1
0.71
21 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 5D Mark II
98%
0.71
1
0.71
18 Megapixels
 Canon EOS 7D
100%
1
1.6
0.625
6 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel
95%
0.88
1.6
0.55
15 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel T1i
95%
0.87
1.6
0.544
10 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel XS
95%
0.81
1.6
0.506
12 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel XSi
95%
0.87
1.6
0.544
8 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel XT
95%
0.8
1.6
0.5
10 Megapixels
 Canon Rebel XTi
95%
0.8
1.6
0.5
6 Megapixels
 Fuji Finepix S2 Pro
92%
0.75
1.5
0.5
6 Megapixels
 Fuji Finepix S3 Pro
87%
0.8
1.5
0.533
6 Megapixels
 Fuji Finepix S5 Pro
95%
0.94
1.5
0.626
6 Megapixels
 Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
6 Megapixels
 Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7D
95%
0.9
1.5
0.6
10 Megapixels
 Nikon D200
95%
0.94
1.5
0.626
4 Megapixels
 Nikon D2H
100%
0.86
1.5
0.573
4 Megapixels
 Nikon D2Hs
100%
0.86
1.5
0.573
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D2X
100%
0.86
1.5
0.573
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D2Xs
100%
0.86
1.5
0.573
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D3
100%
0.7
1
0.7
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D300
100%
0.94
1.5
0.626
10 Megapixels
 Nikon D3000
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D300s
100%
0.94
1.5
0.626
12 Megapixels
 NIkon D3S
100%
0.7
1
0.7
25 Megapixels
 Nikon D3X
100%
0.7
1
0.7
6 Megapixels
 Nikon D40
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
10 Megapixels
 Nikon D40X
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
6 Megapixels
 Nikon D50
95%
0.75
1.5
0.5
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D5000
90%
0.78
1.5
0.52
10 Megapixels
 Nikon D60
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
6 Megapixels
 Nikon D70
95%
0.75
1.5
0.5
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D700
95%
0.72
1
0.72
6 Megapixels
 Nikon D70s
95%
0.75
1.5
0.5
10 Megapixels
 Nikon D80
95%
0.94
1.5
0.626
12 Megapixels
 Nikon D90
96%
0.94
1.5
0.626
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-3
100%
1.15
2
0.575
12 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-30
98%
1.02
2
0.51
8 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-300
94%
1
2
0.5
8 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-330
94%
1
2
0.5
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-400
95%
0.92
2
0.46
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-410
95%
0.92
2
0.46
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-420
95%
0.92
2
0.46
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-450
95%
0.92
2
0.46
8 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-500
95%
0.9
2
0.45
10 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-510
95%
0.92
2
0.46
12 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-520
95%
0.92
2
0.46
12 Megapixels
 Olympus Evolt E-620
95%
0.96
2
0.48
8 Megapixels
 Panasonic Lumix L1
95%
0.93
2
0.47
10 Megapixels
 Panasonic Lumix L10
95%
0.92
2
0.46
15 Megapixels
 Pentax K-7
100%
0.92
1.5
0.613
10 Megapixels
 Pentax K-m
96%
0.85
1.5
0.567
12 Megapixels
 Pentax K-x
96%
0.85
1.5
0.567
6 Megapixels
 Pentax K100D
96%
0.85
1.5
0.566
10 Megapixels
 Pentax K10D
95%
0.95
1.5
0.633
6 Megapixels
 Pentax K110D
96%
0.85
1.5
0.566
10 Megapixels
 Pentax K200D
96%
0.85
1.5
0.567
15 Megapixels
 Pentax K20D
95%
0.95
1.5
0.633
6 Megapixels
 Pentax *ist DL
95%
0.85
1.5
0.566
6 Megapixels
 Pentax *ist DL2
95%
0.85
1.5
0.566
6 Megapixels
 Pentax *ist DS
95%
0.95
1.5
0.633
6 Megapixels
 Pentax *ist DS2
95%
0.95
1.5
0.633
5 Megapixels
 Sigma SD14
98%
0.9
1.7
0.529
10 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A100
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
10 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A200
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
10 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A230
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A290
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
10 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A300
95%
0.74
1.5
0.493
10 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A330
95%
0.74
1.5
0.493
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A350
95%
0.74
1.5
0.493
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A380
95%
0.74
1.5
0.493
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A390
95%
0.74
1.5
0.493
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A450
95%
0.83
1.5
0.553
12 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A500
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A550
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
14 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A560
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
16 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A580
95%
0.8
1.5
0.533
12 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A700
95%
0.9
1.5
0.6
25 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A850
98%
0.74
1
0.74
25 Megapixels
 Sony Alpha A900
100%
0.74
1
0.74
            
         
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