I think that is the final direction it will go if technology allows:
using the sensor itself for the viewfinding.
It still has some problems, but the advantages would be great like:
Get rid of mechanical things like moving mirrors
Easier to keep dust away from sensor
Swivable display allows waist level, above head level and foot level
shooting
Connection to external viewfinder like computer monitor or personal
monitor in (the spectacles) for candid photography.
I donot see basic objections
Jos
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jan 25, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
That's because it uses a beam splitter rather than a moving mirror
to implement the reflex viewfinder and it uses a small Sony sensor
that supports real time capture mode.
I believe that the issue is heat dissipation, and it becomes a lot
worse as the size of the sensor increases.
Yes. That's why most larger sensors don't support a real time capture
mode. The largest still camera sensor that does is the 10Mpixel Sony
sensor in the DSC-R1.
Godfrey
