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In this video I take apart two cameras. One has a pentaprism, the other a pentamirror. You get to see what they are made of and how they are different.

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Hi @TinusVerdino:disqus, you make a great point – thank you. Pentaprisms are not found exclusively in high end cameras—if I remember correctly my very first 35mm SLR camera (a Zenit E film camera) had a pentaprism; the Zenit was a very inexpensive camera. Although I do use the word ‘tend’ in the phrase “…pentaprisms tend to be found in higher end cameras…”, the article does bias the reader in to thinking this is exclusively so. I’ll update the article to reflect your point. Thanks again. James 2016-11-18

DSLR’s with pentaprisms aren’t expensive. They are called Pentax. Every mid./entry level model from the K-30 on has the same pentaprism the top models have. So look for a Pentax k-30, K-50, K-500, K-S1 , K-S2 or K-70.

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Your buying choice will depend on a whole bunch of factors. You have to decide which features are important to you. But don’t delay buying a camera just because you want to wait until you can afford one that that has a pentaprism. Get out and take photos. Lots of photos. Now!

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The way they do this is almost identical. They are very similar in shape. Some of their surfaces are mirrored (coated in a special compound that turns the surfaces in to mirrors) to reflect light in a particular way.

In the context of photography: pentaprisms and pentamirrors are normally found in the viewfinder system of SLR and DSLR cameras.

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It’s important to remember that the final photograph will not be affected at all by whether you have a pentaprism or pentamirror (unless your focusing is off!). So which is better depends: if you can’t afford a DSLR that has a pentaprism but can afford one that uses a pentamirror, you could argue a pentamirror is better. If you plan to use manual focusing a lot then you may find it easier to focus using a pentaprism especially in dim conditions.

Personally I think it’s more important that a beginner photographer gets out and starts taking as many photographs as possible—as soon as possible. Regular practice contributes towards your ‘10,000 hours’ (as I discuss in this article) and is extremely important.

The full form of LASER is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. LASER is a type of electromagnetic machine that can emit light that is an Electromagnetic Radiation. Such lights are both coherent and very weak. They are produced by a method named as optical amplification.

Hi Eddie – thank you for taking the time to comment. I too dislike the term ‘analogue’ to describe a film camera. But then I’m the kind of person who becomes annoyed when he sees a misplaced apostrophe! I understand why people use it but it doesn’t sit well with me. English is an evolving language and, like it or not, common usage leads the change. I foresee the apostrophe becoming extinct in the not too distant future.

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As you can see in the video above pentaprisms are made from high quality glass and pentamirrors are hollow constructions with some of the walls having reflective surfaces.

Hi, thank you for your question. I’m going to be annoying and say that I would never make my overall decision based solely on whether a camera has a pentaprism or a pentamirror. As I say in the article, “buy the best camera you can afford” – and the ‘best camera’ for you may have a pentamirror! You should base your decision on an overall assessment of each camera’s features and how they fit with the type of photographs you want to take.

Albert Einstein was the first person to speak about the LASER process. The system was however completely developed in 1960 by Theodore H. Maiman. The LASER was based primarily on the concept given by Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow.

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Hi, Could you review the two cameras for me, a Nikon D5300 and a Canon 60D. The Nikon uses a pentamirror whereas the Canon uses a Pentaprism. Thats what lead me to your article.

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A pentamirror is cheaper and lighter — a pentaprism is more expensive. Does that mean that a pentaprism is better? Is it worth the extra cost?

There comes a point where the camera is less important than the photographer. When I first started out, some of my best images were taken using cheap equipment. Don’t let unimportant choices worry you too much. If you don’t have much money a camera with a pentamirror will take much better photos than not having a camera at all! Ultimately just buy the best camera you can afford and get out there taking photos. As this article explains, that is far more important to your photography than worrying too much about the exact design of your camera.

A simple laser consists of a chamber identified as the cavity that is built to reflect waves of visible, infrared or ultraviolet to reinforce one another. The cavity may either include liquids, solids or gases. The material selection in the cavity decides the output wavelength. Mirrors are located at either end of the cavity. One of the mirrors is fully reflective so that none of the light will pass into them. The other mirror is reflective in part, allowing 5 per cent of the light to pass through it. Energy is pumped into the cavity from an external source through a method known as pumping.

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The issue with a pentaprism and pentamirror is not that one manufacturer chooses to use them and another doesn’t. Camera designers can reduce the production costs of a model by choosing to use a pentamirror. So most manufacturers will choose to use a pentamirror in some of their models and pentaprisms in others.

No. The pentaprism/pentamirror is only used while you are viewing the image. As soon as you press the shutter release the reflex mirror will change position and the viewfinder will go dark. At that moment neither the pentaprism nor pentamirror is being used. The light entering the camera will travel towards the light sensitive surface (either the digital image sensor or the film) and, while the shutter is open, the image will be captured. So which ‘penta’ you have has no effect on image quality because it’s not being used at that moment.

No! All of the surfaces in a pentaprism that need to reflect the image are mirrored. In order to work by Total Internal Reflection these surfaces would need to be above a critical angle which would be incompatible with building a compact pentaprism for use inside an SLR camera.

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Hi, I came across your video whilst doing some research on pentaprisms for a project of my own. I might add I have been interested in cameras and photography since…errr….ummm the late 50’s. what I particularly like about your video is your terminology. You actually use the words, ‘film camera’! Which is exactly what you are dealing with. I am so fed up with other, so-called specialists etc, using the term ‘Analogue camera’. This is horrid, innacurate description that totally negates the beauty of film. The only cameras that ARE ‘Analogue’ ones are old VHS and BETA and other old video cameras that used video tape (Excluding the later digital models) . I commend you on your terminology. Keep up the good work. Best regards

Pentamirrors are cheaper to make as they can be made from thin walls of plastic. Due to the extra cost in manufacture, pentaprisms tend to be found in higher end cameras. Putting a pentaprism in to a very cheap camera would probably add too much to the selling price and reduce its commercial viability.

The waves in between the mirrors are reflected back and forth. The length of the cavity is such that waves that are reflected reinforce each other. At the end of the cavity, with a partially reflective mirror, the electromagnetic waves emerge in harmony with one another. The laser output is a coherent, electric field. Both waves have the same phase and frequency in a coherent beam of electromagnetic energy.

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The image that you see in the viewfinder of a DSLR is a little darker in a camera that uses a pentamirror — making manual focusing harder in low light. If the design of the pentamirror and its housing is such that moisture and/or dust can enter the chamber (see the video), then the mirrored surfaces may degrade over time and dust could become a permanent annoyance.

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I have the same query. I am planning to buy a DSLR. My choices are Nikon D5300 and Canon 60D because their price are pretty much the same. The Nikon uses a Pentamirror whereas the Canon uses a Pentaprism. Please suggest which one I should buy.

Well, funnily enough, not necessarily! In theory a pentamirror is darker but design improve all the time and a good pentamirror may out perform a bad pentaprism. You’ll also be most likely to be looking through the viewfinder in a well lit store — where the differences are less obvious.

When I started taking photography seriously I didn’t have a lot of money. The camera I bought was much cheaper than those owned by most of my friends at high school. It was heavy and loud and had hardly any advanced features. Using it I got the highest grade in my photography class. During the next year or so I worked a part-time job to save for a better camera. I took that one to college with me. That camera had a pentaprism.

I am an “old-lady-rookie-photog” who LOVES taking pictures of my grandchildren in their sporting events. Football, volleyball, basketball, softball, and baseball-from ages 9-17. I have a Rebel and have found it to be lacking in what I want to do. What do I want it to do you may ask? I have no clue, I just want it to do it. Help!

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That said, a pentamirror is lighter and cheaper. This makes the cameras that use them more affordable and lighter to carry.

Pentamirrors and pentaprisms perform exactly the same job. Their design reflects the light coming through the lens in such a way as to ensure that the image we see through our camera’s viewfinder is the right way around — both up-and-down and left-to-right.