Please read E330 announcment at dpreview... maybe DL2 is about the same?
2006/1/26, Lucas Rijnders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Op Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:49:09 +0100 schreef Christian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Actually, I remember a rumor that the first Pentax DSLR was going to > >> have LCD preview (about six months before the *ist came out). Doesn't > >> anyone else remember that? > >> So I am suspicious of this PDF. That part seems like a recycled rumor. > > > But you are right about the live preview thing. EVERY Pentax DSLR has > > reported this "feature" in the initial press releases as I recall. > > Obviously, it is not a true feature. > > Either they have been working on it for years (and it's finally finished), > or they recycle their press releases (and keep forgetting to edit it out) > > > How could they (and why would they?) implement it? > > How: > > 1) MLU, feed from the sensor > 2) a seperate 0,21 Mpix sensor in the prism housing > > 1) is unlikely with the sensor, and would make AF tough to do as well. 2) > might be feasible. Would it make the viewfinder dimmer? > > Why: > > To make both digicam and macro users happy. It seems no live preview is a > showstopper for lots of digicam/prosumer users. If Pentax is smart, it > doesn't argue the point, but delivers what potential customers want. As > for macro: weren't you the one lying in the mud to photograph birds? A > preview on a flip-screen might make life easier for you :o) > > -- > Regards, Lucas > > -- ---------------------- Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
