As the owner of a G10, I can tell you that t he VF is worthless. If that's
all the better Canon can do, it only shows that all the engineers that
designed the great VF's for the old film cameras are retired. I find it
useless.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] I hope it's the beginning of a trend
> It's funny, I read the review too, but some of things he likes,
> especially the absence of a hot shoe and the absence of an optical
> viewfinder--especially the latter--make it completely unacceptable for
> me. At least if there were a hot shoe one could put a finder in it.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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>
> On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>> I don't trumpet Ken Rockwell too often. Not that I disagree with
>> him, it's
>> just that I'd rather not be considered a total nut-case--just "Nut
>> Case
>> LE". Well, Ken has hit the nail on the head with his preview of the
>> upcoming Canon S90.
>>
>> http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/s90.htm
>>
>> I've been trying to get Olympus to turn that wasted pretend ring at
>> the base
>> of the lens mount into a programmable adjustment ring. While
>> Olympus is
>> screwing around with pretending that the world wants "press-and-spin"
>> controls, Canon is revisiting the "old world" of tactile control. I'm
>> hoping that this is a trend that they trumpet in their DSLRs too.
>>
>> How important is this type of functionality? If it is executed
>> properly, to
>> me it's a reason to change systems. If Canon places these
>> programmable
>> tactile control rings on their DSLR bodies (hence changing from their
>> current interface design that dates back to before the EOS was even
>> introduced), I could seriously be tempted to finally bite the bullet
>> and go
>> that direction--especially with a full-frame body. (But that will
>> require a
>> huge hit on my budget--so I'm in no hurry).
>>
>> Regardless, as I'm really wanting a decent pocketable or semi-
>> pocketable
>> digital camera to replace the A1, the S90 may definitely be at or
>> near the
>> top of my list. I had high hopes for the E-P1 and the E-P2 may be the
>> "cat's meow", but there are a few things I take very seriously--
>> control
>> layout and tactile feel is one of them.
>>
>> AG (Nut Case LE) Schnozz
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