Canew said:2. And what is the cheapest SLR in the market today? The KM 5D? (OT question)
Cheapest SLR can cost <$100, cheapest DSLR is in the range of ~$600 AFAIK
Canew said:2. And what is the cheapest SLR in the market today? The KM 5D? (OT question)
n0d3 said:Does it swivel?
+evenstar said:Cheapest SLR can cost <$100, cheapest DSLR is in the range of ~$600 AFAIK
unseen said:er... Why no one ever tot of how come some viewfinders are brighter than the others.
this point about live preview:
Current dSLRs uses a mirror/prisms to reflect light upwards to the viewfinder. From what I noticed dSLR mirrors are with holes where "light" goes through and the camera uses the light to focus. Thus that makes the focal points etc.
The Fuji and the Olympus cameras use some prism which sorta splits the light, allowing some to reflect up to the viewfinder, and some to the CCD sensor which will then allow for live viewing. My guess is that the viewfinder of the Fuji and Olympus is (much?) dimmer than a comparable Canon or Nikon dSLR.
It's only logical. If the max aperture is only so big, that means you can only have so much light entering the lens reaching the mirror. If you were to split the amount of light, it's only logical that less light would go in either direction. Easily compensated for CCD which can use some high sensitivity CCD to capture images, but I doubt you can upgrade your eyes. It might even affect your capability to do manual focusing in really low light conditions.
IMHO, Camera manufacturers choose not to implement the feature, coz i guess most photo buffs will complain about having very dim viewfinders. I guess putting in such uncommonly used features will permanently impair the commonly used ones.
So, which do you prefer? a brighter viewfinder or a live preview?
Brighter viewfinder for me...unseen said:So, which do you prefer? a brighter viewfinder or a live preview?
+evenstar said:Brighter viewfinder for me...
The Fuji and the Olympus cameras use some prism which sorta splits the light, allowing some to reflect up to the viewfinder, and some to the CCD sensor which will then allow for live viewing. My guess is that the viewfinder of the Fuji and Olympus is (much?) dimmer than a comparable Canon or Nikon dSLR.
Ah Pao said:Technically, anything can be done, but practically, there must be a cost-benefit analysis.
Ah Pao said:Haha, the next feature people will ask from their DSLR will be movie recording...
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Canew said:Hello everyone,
I would like to post a question. "Are there any SLRs in the market that are able to use the LCD screen to compose the shot (like a PnS) without viewing through the viewfinder?"
All comments are welcomed.
cheersjy said:Well, Sony has provided the answer for those who want the best of both world
Sony R1: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydscr1/
Deadpoet said:What I say is the photographer need to operate the camera from a more stable platform. shoot with arms tug in close to the body, using the body for additional supprot for the lens.
rebbot said:its the S3 Pro. However, you can only do a live preview for 30 secs IIRC and the image is in b&w. However, you can only use it to check your image and you are not able to take the picture in the live preview mode.
Canew said:cheersjy,
From dpreview: "The R1 doesn't have a mirror or a prism so the only possible implementation of a viewfinder must be the electronic variety."
Sorry, but the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 is not a DSLR.