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The GX-100 has a hotshoe and a mini-USB underneath it. The E-P1 has only the hotshoe. As said earlier it makes no sense. If this was possible it would have been mentioned as part of the introduction. I've seen numerous people say they would buy one only if an EVF was present.
Thanks for posting that. I was trying to find a picture. That isn't a mysterday connector, it's that the EVF plugs into. I don't remember exactly how many 'pins' are on it. The EVF of the GX200 doesn't work through the connectors on the EVF anyway. If you could use them to control the EVF, you'd have to have them wired up properly when making the camera, this isn't a firmware fix. You'd have to have some way of determining if it's a flash or EVF in the hotshoe, although you might be able to get creative with that. You'd have to have hardware to encode the signal to go through only a few contacts and probably hardware in the EVF to decode it. Even if you use USB or HDMI you'll probably have to have more chips in there then the GX200 EVF.
That's not mini-USB. You can see just from looking at the USB connectors that they aren't compatible. You'd need hardware in the EVF to handle USB. It's more likely a chip in the camera encodes it directly for the LCD in the EVF and it's a direct connection. That would keep the EVF small and reduce the need for more chips.
Haha! Thanks for the humor, I get too serious about technology sometimes. :thumbup:The communication between camera and viewfinder is via wireless internet. When you switch on the camera, you'll have to choose between IE and Firefox. With zoom lenses, you can store the varying focal lengths on different tabs. There's a dial-up option for areas withouy wireless internet connection
In fact you might not be far off. A Bluetooth set-up is perfectly feasible, as it's such short range between the camera and EVF.
As per my earlier comment, this would mean the HDMI/AV port cover would have to remain in the open position. But then again, it would be only a short time before the door would be accidentally snapped off, and that problem would be solved!
Hi Diane, that's what I heard on dpreview (from a slightly more credible source) - 43rumors are trying very hard... but nil points this time :ROTFL:
JORGEN - speaking with forked tongue againThe communication between camera and viewfinder is via wireless internet. When you switch on the camera, you'll have to choose between IE and Firefox. With zoom lenses, you can store the varying focal lengths on different tabs. There's a dial-up option for areas withouy wireless internet connection
EP-2 is an (http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/208_ep-2.htm) eyecup!:ROTFL:
Good one!!!! :ROTFL::thumbs::clap:
