On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:17 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Bruce Walker > >> http://www.minimallyminimal.com/2012/8/12/pentax-si.html > > > Still no eye-level viewfinder. Not for the bi-focal impaired, shaky hands > generation.
I love the description that Kirk Tuck uses for the way you have to use rear-screen-only cameras: the dirty diaper hold. It's entirely possible that cameras that the far-sighted, shaky-hands set can use might effectively disappear. Look what's happened with phones: there isn't one on the market that I can use without glasses. They are all designed by people with excellent vision, so they don't give a flying fuck whether far-sighted folks can use them. I've learned to use my SLR pretty much by feel, and the viewfinder with diopter adjustment makes that possible. I don't use my iPod or cell phone unless I absolutely have to; I've learned to detest cellphones. The trending seems to be toward P&S's being folded into cell phones and mirrorless designs replacing everything else. SLRs would gravitate upward into the rarified, ultra-pricey Pro market along with medium format digital back types of kit. Probably talking $3000 bodies and up only. Where would that leave us? Screwed. Maybe EVFs with diopters will save the day. Remains to be seen. -- -bmw -- 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.
