Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that producing a quality zooming optical viewfinder and correctly linking it to the lens mounted on the camera would probably quadruple the manufacturing cost, or more, and it would not be a sufficiently compelling feature to sell in sufficient numbers to justify production. An astonishing number of people find it acceptable to hold their camera up in the air and compose on the screen on the back, even believing they can achieve sharp results that way. I do not think it will ever happen. OTOH perhaps there is a big enough market for a high quality electronic viewfinder. I find the benefit of the Panasonic G1 viewfinder is that is big and bright, and the quality is better than I expected. I find the downsides to be different irritations than using a small dim reflex viewing system common to inexpensive small sensor SLRs, personally. In poor light they are even quite bright. Overall far from perfect, and different from that I am used to, but an appealing set of compromises non the less. If the Olympus was the same size and had a small screen on the back to service the menus but a super quality EVF top left, I would have ordered one already. Unfortunately that is too different to the norm for the majority of upgrading P&S customers (the target market for Olympus) to accept. IMO. Frank On 18 Jun, 2009, at 21:28, Richard Man wrote: > Every camera is a compromise design. You don't like it, don't buy it. > > But don't assume the design is idiotic. They are all there for a > reason. No one decides to make a bad decision, not in this competitive > marketplace. > > As Michael Johnston writes, an OVF will be huge, and the next thing > you know, people will be complaining about that. > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.rfman.com > // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information