Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 28/01/2014 6:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Bob W wrote: >> >>> And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. >> >> Same for me. For now. >> >> But I expect EVF's will eventually get as good as optical viewfinders >> and will replace them – the elimination of the moving mirror, prism, >> etc. will make the cost reduction irresistible (though I'm skeptical >> of their effect on battery life). > >Yes kids, we have a winner. > >Using my X-Pro1 with the viewfinder lit up has incredibly short battery > >life. The X-T1 will have an accessory battery grip, which adds to the >size and weight, and probably still won't take it up to a K5IIs for >number of pictures. >They are listing the battery life at 350 for the X-T1. I bet the >reality >is a lot less. >> >> Now that I think about it I realize I got it backwards: EVF's will >> replace optical viewfinders and *then* they'll (eventually) get as >> good as optical viewfinders. I hope they'll get "good enough" before >> then. This new Fuji could be the tipping point. >> >> >From what I've heard, mirrorless sales numbers aren't all there. While >they have a small but vocal fan(boy) base, they aren't really being >embraced by the public. > >bill
Bill, I take so few shots that I've never run the X-E2 dry in less than a few days, but I can see how others might have issues with short battery life. The X-T1, if I read correctly, offers a "common sense" EVF mode whereby it only turns on when you put your eye to it (and the rear LCD is off all the time). Why it's taken them 4 or so years to implement this instead of the "EVF on all the time" mode they had is beyond me. When I'm street shooting I actually carry the camera turned off in my hand, then turn it on when I see a shot worth taking. As far as mirrorless sales go, from memory I will quote that in Asia and Europe DSLRs represent about 1/3 of camera sales, and mirrorless another 1/3. In the US, however, DSLRs are around 40% and mirrorless 15% (I'm on my phone and can't check actual values, so I might be off with the numbers, but the trend should be correct). The US is a huge market, but let's remember these camera makes are Asian, and if it sells there, they will keep making it. I was anti EVF until I spent a month shooting with the Panny G3 for a review. Then I went back to the K10D and wondered where the histogram and all the other info in the OVF had gone to. And why was it all off a sudden so hard to manually focus in low light??? Why was the OVF so dark??? Haven't looked back since. That's not to say I don't get the romanticism and directness of the OVF (I do love looking through my LX's viewfinder), it's just that a *good* EVF offers me more benefits. Ideally we'd have DSLR OVFs with lots of projected info, just like the Fuji X-Pro 1, but nobody seems to be in a hurry to develop that. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
