Unless the EVF is switched on and off, which is not as good as full time "on" optical finder, I dont see how the finder power could not be an issue. LCD displays draw maximum power at all times, even when image is all black.
JC O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cymen Vig Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: EVFs ...too much engery consumption? On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:39 PM, JC OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: > wouldnt an EVF camera eat batteries even worse than flash? > > I dont like the fact that it consumes energy while an optical finder > doesnt. Battery life wasn't a problem with my Olympus C-2100 UZ. The low resolution screen in the EVF wasn't stellar but the battery life was fine with 4 AA batteries. Given the EVF is a small LCD and the backlight can be an LED these days, I suspect the power consumption is negligible compared to other power eaters like writing to memory cards, image processing, screw or SDM focus, etc. I still have the C-2100 UZ and it still works fine. In lens image stabilization, 10x optical zoom (38-380mm equivalent) and 2 megapixels of quality along with the EVF. Certainly not a convenient shape though with the protruding lens and box-like styling. Cymen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
