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EVF on an slr???

  • 21-12-2008 02:49PM
    #1
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭


    To my shock and horror, the other day, I discovered that the new lumix dslr was going to be fitted with an electronic viewfinder!?! They are completly pointless on a slr. There not fast enough and lack any sort of clarity or contrast whatsoever. I found one on fuji bridge and couldnt stand it.

    A word of advice to canon/sony/nikon/olympus/pentax, please dont ever use evf on your slrs!!


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  • #2
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Tbh, they can't really be bandying around the term SLR if it's...well... not.


  • #3
    charybdis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭charybdis


    The Lumix you're referring to isn't an SLR, in functionality or in name.

    I don't think the SLR market will warm to the (Micro) Four Thirds system, mostly due to sensor size, but I am very exited by the prospect of good quality digital-rangefinder style cameras with interchageable lenses.


  • #4
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Yeah, the advertising on those things is very clever though, and IMO quite deceptive, Its designed to confuse the unwary and unaware. The tagline is "DSLReinvented" , and they go into some length about how its an evolution from the DSLR with its 'cumbersome' mirror arrangement etc etc. No mention of the -disadvantages- of an EVF of course :-)

    So at no point do they actually directly refer to it as a DSLR, so technically its well within the law but still a bit dodge I think.


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