I should second that. I've got electronic viewfinder for my Ricoh GXR and although it's not showing correct colors, the rest is really nice. It has additional property of having no ill effects on camera batteries whereas manual focusing (with peaking assist) is easy.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:02 PM, DagT <li...@thrane.name> wrote: > I sent the K-5 for cleaning and focus adjustment along with the DA40 for > repairs, and when the part for the lens finally appeared they found that the > K-5 had "stains" and the sensor should be changed. So it will be gone for > three more weeks. > > We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction K-r I > bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need another > system camera). > > The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very > similar to my first camera, Olympus 35RC from the 70s. Aperture ring around > the lens, shutter speed dial on top and even a threaded hole in the shutter > button for the old fashioned cable release. > > The most interesting part for me is the viewfinder. For those who don´t know > the x100 view finder is a mixture where you can choose between the old type > glass viewfinder with frame and some information, and an EVF. I find that I > like the EVF a lot, even if it lags a bit on this camera. It is nice to see > the effect of the exposure compensation in the viewfinder. I think the focus > screens of the K-5 (and most other new cameras) is not very good with large > aperture lenses as you neither are able to get an impression of the out of > focus background nor the precise focus. > > So actually I´m starting to hope for an EVF K-3. What-you-see-is-what-you-get > finder and maybe even more compact, and the same great lenses. > > DagT > -- > 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. -- Boris -- 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.
