On 17 Aug 2004 at 12:43, John Francis wrote: > > > > BD> Not that they couldn't be overcome, but I haven't heard great things > > BD> even about the best of the EVF's. > > I agree. Have you ever tried one of the professional TV cameras? From what I > > have seen (they have B&W EVF, which is inherently sharper than a colour one), > > they are nowhere near an optical finder yet. > > As Cotty has pointed out, that B/W image is from a small CRT. > > And while it may not be as sharp as an optical finder, it is > every bit as sharp as it needs to be. What you see in the > finder is what's going to be seen when you play back the > recording. Having a viewfinder which showed more detail > than was going to be recorded would, IMO, be a bad thing.
I suspect people don't realize just how low resolution video (even HD) is compared to even the most basic digicams. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
