Frankie
Speaking Frankly
The EVF resolution offered in the Pany G1/GH-1 (800 x 600 x RGB) is also said to be available in the Oly EP-2 (using an Epson display chip of the same specifications). See: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0910/09101501epsonhtpspanel.asp
Last fall, I had the opportunity in a Tokyo camera super store playing with an GH-1, GF1 (lower-resolution EVF) and the EP-1 (optical VF) one after another, on display side by side. The EP-2 EVF was not yet released then. [I am heading to Tokyo in a month, I will for sure check out the Oly EVF, also the Sony NEX optical VF.]
Given my maturing but 20/20 eyesight, I can easily focus lenses on the high-resolution GH-1 EVF, but not quite on the GF-1...and not possible at all on the EP-1 optical 😉. AND, even after putting on sunglasses [to simulate eyeglass wearers'], I can still see the full frame...easily. Yes, I can [barely] perceive pixels, but less so than ground glass grains.]
The Epson display chip is merely 12mm (diagonal) in size with pixel size of 12 microns. Before too long, one-upmanship will see 1600 x 1200 x RGB at 6 microns...Photokina 2010?.
An EVF can find the range, see exactly what the sensor will see...through the taking lens, prime or zoom, solid-state and sized about a 25mm cube...with diopter correction built-in... What more could one want?
As I had posted elsewhere, the next non-DSLR choice might not be a dRF camera but a FF EVIL...perhaps first offered by Nikon, soon. See: http://nikonrumors.com/2010/09/02/nikons-president-makoto-kimura-talks-about-a-new-generation-of-digital-cameras-and-compact-slr-again.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NikonRumors+%28NikonRumors.com%29
Last fall, I had the opportunity in a Tokyo camera super store playing with an GH-1, GF1 (lower-resolution EVF) and the EP-1 (optical VF) one after another, on display side by side. The EP-2 EVF was not yet released then. [I am heading to Tokyo in a month, I will for sure check out the Oly EVF, also the Sony NEX optical VF.]
Given my maturing but 20/20 eyesight, I can easily focus lenses on the high-resolution GH-1 EVF, but not quite on the GF-1...and not possible at all on the EP-1 optical 😉. AND, even after putting on sunglasses [to simulate eyeglass wearers'], I can still see the full frame...easily. Yes, I can [barely] perceive pixels, but less so than ground glass grains.]
The Epson display chip is merely 12mm (diagonal) in size with pixel size of 12 microns. Before too long, one-upmanship will see 1600 x 1200 x RGB at 6 microns...Photokina 2010?.
An EVF can find the range, see exactly what the sensor will see...through the taking lens, prime or zoom, solid-state and sized about a 25mm cube...with diopter correction built-in... What more could one want?
As I had posted elsewhere, the next non-DSLR choice might not be a dRF camera but a FF EVIL...perhaps first offered by Nikon, soon. See: http://nikonrumors.com/2010/09/02/nikons-president-makoto-kimura-talks-about-a-new-generation-of-digital-cameras-and-compact-slr-again.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NikonRumors+%28NikonRumors.com%29
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