On 8/1/13, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty You confused a bit here. You said you would be interested in >option c mirrorless APC with optical finder then in later msg. you >indicate you have finder-less Fuji you love.??
The Fuji I love does have an optical viewfinder. I use the OVF a lot, but not exclusively. Sometimes I use the rear LCD, when the situation suits. If I have a preference it is for the OVF. >I have tried the K-01 and do not miss the finder at all. Every review I >have read echos my experience. At the current low price for K-01 they >are selling as fast as they are stocked. That indicates to me it was >slightly over-designed and somewhat overpriced. But lack of a finder did >not keep it from being a success. I am not anti-finder having come from >dlsr tradition from the start and only owned one point and shoot but I >don't get the obsession with finders. I have tried quite a few cameras, some with no OVF. I wouldn't buy one. As a family, we own two. I don't use them. I don't have an obsession with finders, I have a preference. As you, I have owned and used many different film and digital stills cameras over the years, the vast majority with optical viewfinders. I also use a video camera most days, with a very high res electronic viewfinder (actually a small cathode ray tube, mono) so am very used to looking down one. This perhaps explains my preference for them? That said, there are some shots where it is much easier to flip out the LCD from the side and use that, if the situation arises., like filming football (soccer). It is impractical to film this using the finder, as peripheral vision here is crucial in seeing and anticipating where the ball is going next. I think on of the main reasons I prefer a finder is to concentrate what is in the frame, and exclude all else from the equation. With a rangefinder camera, you get a bit more around the frame, which I find neither here nor there. To me, it's what is happening in the frame, or about to happen in the frame that demands my concentration. Maybe I'm not very good at blocking out all the other things going on around me while I'm taking pics! HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
