IMO Electronic Viewfinder is of no use. Simply crap. Had the opportunity to check e.g. KM A2. It seemed a cool camera. But what a crappy viewfinder, really. These are like high end Optios or whetever... luxurious useless cameras.
2006/9/19, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 9/19/06 10:57 AM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have owned and used several EVF cameras, including the A2 and R1 > > (the two best EVF cameras around ... and which i still own and use). > > While I don't hold out much hope for an EVF of the quality required > > to replace a single lens reflex camera's viewfinder, they are useful > > cameras in their own right. > > > > They are not SLR cameras, if only by definition. There is no mirror > > or beam splitter in the light path, the "reflex" part of single lens > > reflex. > > > > If, however, you were to design a camera using a high quality EVF as > > an SLR replacement, you'd be throwing most of the advantages away by > > adopting any current SLR lens mount. You would be better off > > designing a new lens mount that allowed the rear of the lens to get > > as close to the sensor plane as possible and thereby allow more room > > for light path correcting elements so that the lens would be best > > optimized for a digital sensor, with as close to orthogonal light > > path as possible. > > > > This implies a whole new line of lenses and a very different camera > > from anything we've seen to date. It would be interesting to see > > Pentax produce it as something separate from their SLR line, but I > > suspect it will take a lot to build something like this that is > > convincingly marketable. Sony is closest to it with the acquisition > > of Konica Minolta and the R1 in their portfolio already. > > > > If such a camera were developed and of the appropriate quality spec > > on all counts, like the current R1 but with an interchangeable lens > > system and far better quality EVF/LCD, I would be interested in one. > > But I still don't see the design paradigm as competing with the DSLR > > design of today: it's more complement than compete with different > > strengths and weaknesses. The major advantages of an all-electronic > > imaging system are the possibility of highly corrected lenses for the > > digital sensor, less vibration through the lack of a moving mirror, > > and a very flexible viewfinder positioning system to handle all kinds > > of situations where the fixed geometry of SLRs' optical viewfinder > > system can get in the way. > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 6:34 AM, Takeshita K wrote: > > > >>> Nice how the lack of a reflex mirrorbox thins out the M8. > >> > >> Not wishing to stir up any controversy, but above begs another > >> question. > >> I wonder what other folks think about EVF which will eliminate the > >> mirror box, and give lens designers a tremendous freedom in designing > >> SLR lenses, particularly wider angle ones. It will also eliminate > >> the "ugly" gables from the top of traditional SLRs, giving all sorts > >> of freedom in body design too. > >> Yes, I understand all the arguments that the optical view finder is > >> the essence of SLR and so forth (SLRs are often judged by their > >> viewfinder performance). > >> However, I once peeped through an EVF of one of the K/M models > >> (DiMage A2 or A200 or some such) and was surprised to find how clear > >> the image was (I know the poor EVF's of many P&S digicams which are > >> only useful for the composition). > >> But if the resolution is at least 1mp and the refresh rate is fast > >> enough, I would be very interested in it. It can be a 100% view area, > >> brighter (it could even be illuminated under certain conditions), and > >> give all sorts of creative options such as instant magnification > >> etc. Most of all, it is going to give a live view in SLRs. > >> > >> Maybe Pentax might be the first one to adopt a superior EVF for > >> K1D ;-). Then again, they are still too conservative in adopting too > >> radical a feature as a pioneer, unlike their past. > > I agree with your points and your comments are at least rational. Any DSLR > with EVF will have a complete new design of body/lens, but that was my whole > point. It would essentially be a digital rangefinder but with TTL finder > capability and exchangeable lenses. More compact and I believe it is even > more suitable for the digital lens design. But as you say, it might be a > fantasy, but then, my prediction (!?) would be that EVF will become the fact > of life down the road. Maybe not :-). > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
