Notice that I said high res EVF. By that I mean one that has as much
resolution as your computer monitor. They do exist but no one has put
one in a consumer camera yet. The Minolta A2 (which I've never used)
has a 640x480 EVF. A lot better than the totally inadequate 320x240 in
the A1 but still a long way from 1024x768 or 1280x960. These higher res
EVF's must be expensive since, when Minolta did the A200, they went back
to the 320x240 EVF.
A really high res EVF would be much better than an optical viewfinder.
When used with a real-time, interline sensor it can be amplified to show
you exactly what the exposure will look like as you change the exposure
settings. As the light level gets extremely low where it becomes hard
to maintain color information it can also be switched to B&W mode and
amplified more so you can still see the image. I think it will be a
revolution when it finally arrives. But at 320x240 it's not much better
than a peep-hole for framing.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Well, don't know about you but the best EVF I've used is worse than
> the worst SLR optical finder. By a very long way. (Can't help it, I
> just hate them). It's like looking at a coarse TV image down a
> tunnel with too high a contrast level. I'd rather chimp on an EVF
> until I've got abso-bloody-lutely no alternative.
> Interesting to see that the price point on the E-330 is significantly
> higher than the 500.
> AndrewF
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> On 26/01/2006, at 11:17 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>Clever indeed! However, it's hard for me to see where a high res EVF
>>wouldn't produce a camera with superior usability and possibly lower
>>cost by replacing all that slow and expensive mechanical/optical
>>arrangement.
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