Size comparison with K5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmflores/6676569317/
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > It's very useful to have and eye level finder for long lenses and MF. > In the context of this thread, however, that VF doesn't need to be > optical. The X Pro can switch back and forth between the two, but I > wonder how necessary that really is if the EVF is fairly high res. > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:28 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:52:24AM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2012, at 9:47 AM, John Francis wrote: >>> >>> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 07:41:54AM -0500, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> >> IMHO, the EVF is probably the best actual route to provide accurate >>> >> framing and information in non-reflex cameras. The optical one looks >>> >> nicer, but it's not as useful a tool in terms of information provided. >>> >>> I have found that EVFs are extremely handy in low light. I'm quite >>> interested in an APS "rangefinder" with low light performance at least as >>> good as the K-5, especially one with an adapter so I can use K-mount lenses. >>> >>> >> Of course, we're used to all these advantages together with the SLR >>> >> so individual reactions may vary. I don't feel the EVF limits my >>> >> photography so the only question now for me is LCD screen versus >>> >> eye-level. >>> > >>> > That very much depends on the camera. But from my experience yesterday >>> > with the E-PL1 in bright California sunshine (checking out the 40-150 >>> > lens that has mysteriously turned up in my wife's camera kit) I think >>> > the add-on eye-level finder will soon end up in the bag, too. >>> >>> Wow! that WAF is one sneaky girl. >> >> I didn't say who was responsible for the lens turning up there ... >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
