Canon already has "live preview" on a camera, albeit in a modified 20D
that's designed for astrophotography -- Model 20Da. Mirror has to be
locked up, magnification of 5x and 10x possible.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 2/1/06, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> No - you just buy the expensive f2 lenses so that IS is unnecessary. :-)
> And as for Canon doing live preview - Oly claims that it took them
> four years to get it sorted. Apparently the E-300 was designed for it
> but the technology wasn't ready, so they released the body anyway as
> they really needed an entry level DSLR unit. The odd design with the
> porrofinder was used to accomodate the ccd array in the finder
> assembly. All this they freely admit and they are confident that they
> are well ahead of the pack. Time will tell.
>
> The product manager I met mentioned something about it not being the
> first DSLR with live preview - that there was a clumsy attempt by
> someone like Kodak some years ago with a low res, B7W sensor. I
> missed it due to his strong Japanese accent and my unwillingness to
> admit ignorance - anyone know what it was?
> Andrew F
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>
> On 01/02/2006, at 3:28 PM, Ali wrote:
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> >
> > Did Olympus come out with their own Image Stabilization for the E330?
> >
> > I received the ME-1 Eyecup today. I think it is worth it....the
> > magnification isnt eye-popping
> > but its just enough to make the viewfinder comfortable.
> >
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