I think the A2 finder was unique in its resolution. All the others
had lower resolution EVFs. However the implementation of some of them
was pretty good. The one in my Coolpix was good and the one in the
C-8080 looked good too. Certainly all of them were better than the
tiny optical tunnel in most P&S cameras. Actually I think the C-8080
was the nicest of those 8MP 2/3" sensor cameras - really nicely built
and very quick like the Minolta, less zoom and no image
stabilization, but a really nice lens.
Yes, I wished they would have put the 4/3 sensor into a similar
camera too although the smaller E cams with a kit lens would probably
be as small, light and inexpensive with a much better viewfinder.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Don't know if you want to carry something this big but you might
> consider a used Minolta A2. The A1 and A2 have electronic viewfinders
> (EVF's) which have built-in dioptric correction. The A1's
> viewfinder is
> only 320x240 resolution which is pretty crude but still somewhat
> usable.
> The A2, on the other hand, has a 640x480 EVF. I've never used
> one but
> with 4X the pixels it's got to be a lot better. They must have found
> this too expensive to produce since the later cameras went back to the
> 320x240 size. There may be other cameras with 640x480 EVF's but I
> don't
> know what they are. Anyhow the A1 and A2 are pretty sexy machines. I
> wish I could buy one like them but with a much larger sensor.
> <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/konicaminoltaa2/>
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