From: DanP on 24 Apr 2010 13:15 On 24 Apr, 11:53, John A. <j...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:48:12 +0200, Robert Spanjaard > > <spamt...(a)arumes.com> wrote: > >On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:29:19 -0700, DanP wrote: > > >> Bad OVF's are bad because they are either too small or not transparent > >> enough. That is something that can be easily fixed. > > >How? > > By making them bigger or more transparent? That is was I was gonna say. DanP
From: DanP on 24 Apr 2010 13:18 On 24 Apr, 12:17, Robert Spanjaard <spamt...(a)arumes.com> wrote: > A TTL OVF is a compromise of brightness and size, limited by the amount of > light collected by the lens. That's why the OVF of a Four Thirds-camera > needs much smaller than a 35mm-format OVF to stay reasonably bright. > If you want more brightness, you'll have to make it even smaller. If you > want it to be bigger, it'll become darker. Point taken. DanP
From: DanP on 24 Apr 2010 13:20
On 24 Apr, 12:46, Neil Ellwood <cral.elllwo...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:49:16 -0500, Joel Connor wrote: > > On 22 Apr 2010 16:37:39 GMT, rfisc...(a)sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote: > > >>Ray Shafranski <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>>"RichA" <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >>>news:1fd97cd6-3a04-4e15- > > ad54-670b39339...(a)q31g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > >>>> Canon. Will they release a compact non-mirrored, interchangeable > >>>> lens camera? > >>>> Nikon. Will they release a compact non-mirrored camera and/or an , > >>>> high megapixel FF camera that doesn't cost $8000? Olympus. Will they > >>>> dump DSLRs? > >>>> Pentax. Will they release a FF camera, will they survive? Sony. > >>>> Will they release a non-boring entry level camera? Fuji. Will they > >>>> release a new pro DSLR or any interchangeable lens camera? > >>>> Sigma. Does anyone care? > >>>> Samsung. Will they make a dent in 4/3rds sales? > > >>>The lifting mirror and the pentaprism/pentamirror are relics of film > >>>days and should be replaced on all DSLR designs. > > >>Gee, you're so smart. I wonder why millions of people don't listen to > >>you and simply abandon SLRs. > > > That must be sarcasm because millions do. The smart ones do today, > > anyway. Check to see how many high-quality P&S cameras are bought > > compared to how many cameras are bought with last century's archaic SLR > > design. The numbers bought and used make the non-SLR designs the clear > > winners by a huge margin. > > > Some of them even rival the print quality of up to 13x18" in size when > > pitted against a medium-format sensored Hasselblad. Something that DSLRs > > can't even do. > > >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml > > Going by that reasoning why are so many people using cameras that have the > old fashioned sixteenth century technology? i.e. lenses. > > -- > neil > Reverse r + a and remove l. > Linux counter 335851 You just fed a troll. DanP |