I prefer the phrase "crude jokes" to "rude jokes". ;-)
CSC (compact system cameras) is a sensible alternative, or Mirrorless System Cameras. The latter has the advantage of being what B&H uses, which is as good a standard as anything else. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't use the acronym EVIL as it has negative connotations. Cute > though the irrepressible Luddites who prefer SLR cameras might be > about it, I don't like negative connotations applied to equipment > categories. > > MILC and MILF are easily misconstrued and similarly subject to some > rather rude jokes. More negatives > > The transposition of EVIL to LIVE (Lens Interchangable-Viewfinder > Electronic) is positive and describes precisely the camera type, > excluding types such as SLR and RF digital cameras. It also is a term > used in electronic display information displays such as LIVE > Histogram, etc. > > But who the hell ever bothers actually listening to reasoned and > sensible naming like this? Instead we have people calling anything > that doesn't have a reflex viewfinder system a "rangefinder", people > calling a sophisticated camera like Konica-Minolta A2 a "point and > shoot", and all kinds of other such twaddle. > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Not quite. Some naive folks have changed MILC (Mirrorless >> Interchangeable Lens Camera) to MILF (Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens >> Format). No amount of references to Google seem to deter them. >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:20 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> The best acronym ever. Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens. >>> >>> On 8/8/2011 12:46 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Boris Liberman<bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> A co-worker of mine, after lots of consultations and deliberations >>>>> finally >>>>> got herself Panasonic G3 with standard kit lens (14-42/3.5-5.6). Few days >>>>> ago I had honors of playing with it. I am pretty much overwhelmed with >>>>> surprise... Took me close to no time to figure this one out. AF works >>>>> wonderfully, electronic viewfinder is convenient, the ergonomics are >>>>> good, >>>>> the build it solid - this thing is pretty darn excellent. >>>> >>>> Glad you liked it. I played with a G3 for the first time just the >>>> other day. It's a very interesting development from my G1 ... smaller >>>> in the hand, tighter feeling, etc. Kind of a melding of the GF1 and G1 >>>> models in my experience. I expect it is a very good camera, and now >>>> there is a very nice range of native Micro-FourThirds prime lenses to >>>> work with it (12/2, 14/2.5, 18/2.8, 20/1.7, 25/1.4, 45/2.8 Macro, and >>>> 45/1.8) and a good range of zooms from both Olympus and Panasonic, >>>> never mind its ability to use nearly any other lens via adaptation. >>>> >>>> The interchangeable lens, all electronic digital camera age is upon >>>> us. I know no one agrees on what to call this new camera category with >>>> half a dozen acronyms like EVIL, MILC, etc, but I call it "Lens >>>> Interchangeable - Viewfinder Electronic" or LIVE. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! >>> >>> --Marvin the Martian. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
