Alright Ken ;) Well, if the A2 somewhat surprised you by how good it was (compared to other EVFs) then I wonder what are like LOL.
I agree with you that the optical VF does indeed induce quite much in the desing of SLRs. That sais Olympus did quite a novelty a couple of months ago. Good or not, a matter of taste but at least they tried something different. IMO, *nothing* will ever come to the heel of an optical VF. But it could be useful as an "also possible" option. I think a well done live screen view as Olympus did (far from ideal I know) would be cool. But really, judging focus with any kind of screen is really difficult for me. As soon as I see pixels, I'm lost. There's no pixel on my optical viewfinder (fortunately). I don't beleive in an SLR with an EVF. But an SLR with OVF and a nice live screen preview would be welcome. 'nuff said, the future will decide ;) 2006/9/19, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 9/19/06 11:39 AM, "Thibouille", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A Dimage A2, clear? LOL Ken you're funny today ;) > > If you read my posts carefully; > > 1. I am not impressed by the current generation of EVF. I even said that it > cannot replace the optical viewfinder. I know all these :-). > > 2. I was consistently talking about "what if" scenario in response to > Godfrey's remark "Nice how the lack of a reflex mirrorbox thins out the M8". > It was in that context, I reminded myself of predictions by some industry > experts that the properly implemented EVF (i.e., high resolution and fast > refresh rate etc) will change the whole concept of the current DSLR > body/lens design. I just wanted to be open minded. > > 3. I said the EVF of the K/M A2 (or whatever it was) changed my perception > of EVF mainly because of higher resolution (but still slow refreshing rate), > so it was just a comparative comment. > > I do believe that somebody somewhere should be developing a "superior" EVF. > Perhaps some of those non-traditional camera makers? :-). > > TTL viewfinder is the only thing which is dictating the current design and > the form factor of SLRs, and I believe someone will break this mould in > order to get ahead of competitions. > For example, one of the powerful camera makers have notorious viewfinder, > designed mainly for the AF (on their entry to mid level), but well designed > EVF in the future will enable MF on these cameras :-). > > So much on this. > > 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
