I heard about that on the A2 but never used - a friend of mine was
waiting for the A3, hoping for a better lens as he felt that optical
quality was the only thing stopping it from being the perfect EVF
model. I guess he'll be disappointed.
I suppose that i'll now get flamed by KM- A fans - not my position,
just reportage OK?!
AndrewF
On 27/01/2006, at 11:08 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> On 26/01/2006, at 11:17 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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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