Skip Williams wrote:
I looked at about 10 pro-sumer cameras at Photo Plus in NYC this weekend that
had electronic finders and the view in ALL OF THEM WERE HORRIBLE!
Weird colors, slow response time, poor resolution....I hated them
Give me the SLR finder any day.
I did say "In the long run." and "Sure they are crummy today". And
indeed you confirmed that they aren't any good today. I was making a
little speculative prediction about the future of camera technology. The
technology of digital imaging is very far from mature.
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I believe that most of the digital SLR's don't have live image capabilities on
the back LCD. It's only for image review and playback.
Well of course they don't, there is a mirror in the way, and probably a
mechanical shutter too. I'm talking future technology, where, as Julian
says "Once you get there, you have a high res video camera,
and all you're doing is choosing the frame to store." The way he says it
somehow makes it sound like a bad thing, but it sounds like a good thing
to me. The idea of a camera with TTL viewfinder (at least as good as
current optical finders, or there is no point), but no size, cost,
noise, vibration and weight burdens from mechanical shutter and mirror
assemblies, pentaprism, screen, etc., sounds quite attractive to me.
Please don't anybody tell me why it can't be done with current
technology, I know that. Back in the mid 60's, I conceptually designed
the digital quartz crystal watch. My brother the techie electronics
wizard poo-pooed it on the basis of then current technology and what he
could imagine in the forseeable future. You can bet there is a lot of
research going on along these lines because of the potential cost and
performance advantages.
Oh yeah, then you can do short focal lengths without retrofocus; better
performance, less money. smaller, lighter. Notice that Can*n already had
to redesign the mirror action in the 300D to accomodate optical needs.
You don't think they are thinking these kind of thoughts?
Moose
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