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Rumored EP-2 with viewfinder; http://photorumors.com/
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An Eyecup with a viewfinder?Rumored EP-2 with viewfinder
Why a view finder?I've been having an easy time focusing the E-P1. When I hit the "ok" button, the live view zooms in well enough to focus quite sharply, even under difficult situations. That feature has been great for my manual lenses. The picture stays live under digital zoom too...
I might be missing a lot here, but what is missing from the Live View that can be done with a viewfinder? I'm not being divisive -- I'm really asking!
The only thing I can see is direct sunlight and bleaching out of the LCD screen? I don't usually shoot in such light, but that's valid.
Any other reasons?
Thanks much,
-AD
Hehe,Why a view finder?
"'No matter how capable it may be, any camera you have to hold out in front of you like a tourist is not cool.'
Dean Forbes "
For the older crowd, NO READING GLASSES! In looking for a "lighter-than-my-Canon-DSLR" system for hiking and travel, I tried a Canon G9 for our walking tour in Ireland. The optical finder wasn't very useful and I needed to put reading glasses on in order to compose via the LCD. Of course the glasses had to be perched down my nose so I could peer over them at the real scene. Then I would have to take them off as we hiked, as I needed normal vision to see my feet (lots of slippery rocks near cliff edges). It rained a lot, so the glasses got wet and spotty. I finally resorted to just holding the camera at arm's length, squinting at the LCD, and hoping auto-focus worked OK. For the most part, the camera took great pictures. But it was a frustrating experience.I might be missing a lot here, but what is missing from the Live View that can be done with a viewfinder? I'm not being divisive -- I'm really asking!
The only thing I can see is direct sunlight and bleaching out of the LCD screen? I don't usually shoot in such light, but that's valid.
Any other reasons?
For the older crowd, NO READING GLASSES! In looking for a "lighter-than-my-Canon-DSLR" system for hiking and travel, I tried a Canon G9 for our walking tour in Ireland. The optical finder wasn't very useful and I needed to put reading glasses on in order to compose via the LCD. Of course the glasses had to be perched down my nose so I could peer over them at the real scene. Then I would have to take them off as we hiked, as I needed normal vision to see my feet (lots of slippery rocks near cliff edges). It rained a lot, so the glasses got wet and spotty. I finally
Olympus has more to worry about than just the viewfinder. Will it be integrated or some clunky add-on that completely kills whatever portability pretensions the E-P1 had? Will they get Panasonic's contrast focusing technology so it won't take almost 3 seconds to go from 3ft to infinity? Will they even get a decent LCD screen? The E-P1 is just a pretty also-ran right now, unless you are migrating from a $250 P&S and the vast shortcomings don't bother you.Rumored EP-2 with viewfinder; http://photorumors.com/
LOL--hope for longer than that. My mother is 93.5 and though she has macular degeneration (and had to give up driving a year ago April) , she still does a bit of photography with a little Canon with a tiltable LCD. She never was into photography--these are basically snaps that I upload for her to her computer to email and look at at leisure--- but if she had been, she would still be capable of shooting--and with the big LCD of the G1 or Pen, I suspect could handle it, though certainly challenged.Hahaha - I understand John. We're all headed there - eyes, joints, back... I just hope I can still push the shutter button until I'm 80.
-D