I would think the drawback would be a loss of one stop in the viewfinder and on
the sensor. Also any inperfections in that big hunk of glass would affect the
image. Like everywhere else, the only thing you get for nothing is nothing,
everthing else has a cost even if it is hidden at first glance.
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Steve Desjardins wrote:
What are the drawbacks of this system? I have always found this aspect
of the E-10 to be very nice, and have always wondered why it isn't done
more, especially since it eliminates mirror slap. Is it just too
expensive?
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On 1 Sep 2004 at 22:19, Jens Bladt wrote:
I found out the reason for my confusion. My boss has a DSLR that
actually
has a LCD monitor (record mode). It's the Olympus E-20. How it works
I don't
really know, but it does!
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse20/page3.asp
The E-10, E-20 and E-100RS cameras employ a prism to split the light
between
the finder optics and the sensor and they also use a sensor which does
not
require a physical shutter as does the *ist D and its contemporaries.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
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