Re: [KOML] Sportsfinders-followup

["Carl Wegerer, III" <wegerer@flash.net>]

Peter K wrote (edited): " Regardless, that Sportsfinder with the 60mm frame
has got to be an interesting piece."

It is huge!  The Koni-Omega sportsfinder is about 4 15/16x 4 5/16 in size
(21.29 square inches), so it much larger than the newer RO (the 90mm, 135mm
and 180mm model), which measures 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 (approximately 4.38 square
inches).  My fellow KO fan says he would use the RO model since it so much
smaller, but I guess he missed the fact the wide angle is not included.

This is what I wrote: "Maybe the logic for discontinuing the 58mm/60mm option
relates the the optical  viewfinder and the fact that it would be used mostly
for landscapes, not sports."  The point I was trying to make (and probably
failed) was that a wide angle lens would probably not be used much in sports
photography.  The 58mm/60mm lens approximates a 35mm lens in 35mm format.
Most sports photographers use lenses in the 85mm to 180mm range in 35mm.  I do
not own a 58mm/60mm yet, so I cannot tell anyone how well it works.

I will be offering the eyecups only if my friend refuses to buy the four
extras.