Not to stray OT, but 43 seems extinct (with the future apparently entirely m43 for Olympus). I have an m43 Panasonic, and don't like it even with the optional EVF. The new Sony 20mp no-VF Rollei-35 killer isn't catching the world by storm. Who are the enthusiasts who love a high-end camera the size of a pack of Camels? Is the dSLR market driven entirely by Facebook posters? Won't their iPhone cameras suffice?
Not to vent here, but I'm thinking that I'd better pick up an Olympus E-5 simply because I'm already invested in fourthirds. And it makes me appreciate more that Pentax will continue to make cameras that can be held with 6-8 fingers rather than just 4. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Aug 14, 2012, at 20:39, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:17 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Bruce Walker >> >>> http://www.minimallyminimal.com/2012/8/12/pentax-si.html >> >> >> Still no eye-level viewfinder. Not for the bi-focal impaired, shaky hands >> generation. > > I love the description that Kirk Tuck uses for the way you have to use > rear-screen-only cameras: the dirty diaper hold. > > It's entirely possible that cameras that the far-sighted, shaky-hands > set can use might effectively disappear. Look what's happened with > phones: there isn't one on the market that I can use without glasses. > They are all designed by people with excellent vision, so they don't > give a flying fuck whether far-sighted folks can use them. I've > learned to use my SLR pretty much by feel, and the viewfinder with > diopter adjustment makes that possible. I don't use my iPod or cell > phone unless I absolutely have to; I've learned to detest cellphones. > > The trending seems to be toward P&S's being folded into cell phones > and mirrorless designs replacing everything else. SLRs would gravitate > upward into the rarified, ultra-pricey Pro market along with medium > format digital back types of kit. Probably talking $3000 bodies and up > only. > > Where would that leave us? Screwed. Maybe EVFs with diopters will save > the day. Remains to be seen. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
