ARRI ARRIFLEX D-21 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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ARRI | ARRIFLEX D-21
The Optical Viewnder
While most digital cameras use electronic viewnders, the D-21 is equipped
with the same optical viewnder as all other ARRI cameras. Thus the D-21
viewnder always shows an image area larger than the image being recorded,
and it can be used even when the camera is not powered up.
Light entering the taking lens is diverted by a spinning mirror shutter and
generates a bright, magnied full color image in the viewnder. This direct
light path, free of any electronic image processing, ensures fatigue-free vie-
wing as well as zero delay, a crucial feature when shooting fast action, where
a delay of even a few frames can be very confusing. But even something as
mundane as following a person getting up from a chair can become horrifying
guesswork if the viewnder image is delayed.
The D-21 optical viewnder can be freely rotated, extended or ipped
to the other camera side for comfortable viewing in any camera position
An extension viewnder, eyepiece leveler and a heated eyepiece are useful
accessories in many shooting situations.
A CLEAR VIEW