One cool feature that an electronic finder could do that an optical finder cant is a digital zoom EVF. this is possible because the sensors are far more resolving than the EVF are at this point (or forever?). You could push a button on the body to activate it and the viewfinder could zoom in, say 5X normal, and would make for easy super accurate manual focussing eith all lenses, including primes. then release pushbutton, compose and shoot. Are there any EVF cameras out there with this feature? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Three new Pentax DA star lenses: any knowledge? You have more faith in the perfectibility of LCD's than I do. K.Takeshita wrote: > On 2/11/07 11:31 AM, "P. J. Alling", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> That's one of the advantages of the in lens focusing >> motor. >> > > With the advent of SSM lenses, I am sure Pentax want to get rid of AF > motor from camera body which will give them more room to work with, > and possibly reduce required stiffness to cope with torque, and > perhaps another major > (electronic) noise source. With so many legacy lenses, I doubt they can do > it, but there might be a new line of bodies in the future without AF motor, > much like Canon AND Nikon D40. > > There has been an undercurrent effort to eliminate mirror and prism > etc, and the legacy concept of SLR which every maker has been confined > to and dragged from 35mm SLR era might change dramatically sooner than > we think :-). > > Ken > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
