07-01-2011, 01:06 PM
[quote name='joachim' timestamp='1309521899' post='9699']
Right now it doesn't seem to be dying, I agree. But I expect at some point it will, and it will be dying quickly over the period of at most 2 years. Same story as with film. Once DSLR were in the 700€$£ range it went quickly and film became a niche product.
I assume the same will happen with the DSLR. A good optical finder will always cost money and require a lot of precision in moving parts (e.g. mirror). It is easier to get a decent magnification from an EVF, something which APS-C and even more FT SLRs struggle with. On top of which are all the neat things you can do in an EVF (superimposing info, marking problem areas, live histogram).
I think in not so far a time, the remaining quality gap will have closed, the EVF will be cheaper and better for many applications.
Having written all this, I sometimes still wonder whether to upgrade my DSLR. I am still using an old Olympus E-300 and a E-P1 for my more serious projects. I sometimes wish for a look in finder on the E-P1 in bright sunlight, which this one doesn't support <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Look, yes, I admit one day EVFs will probably replace the OVF. EVFs have made tremendous journey compared to their quality say 10 years ago. Lets say there has been 90% improvement but please note that the last 10% - to fully match the quality of OVFs - may easily require another 10 years of hard development work (which is by the way my rough estimation when it may happen). I definitely don´t think it will happen as soon as in 2 years (unless there is some really major, unexpected scientific breakthrough in the EVFs development which I can never rule out of course).
Right now it doesn't seem to be dying, I agree. But I expect at some point it will, and it will be dying quickly over the period of at most 2 years. Same story as with film. Once DSLR were in the 700€$£ range it went quickly and film became a niche product.
I assume the same will happen with the DSLR. A good optical finder will always cost money and require a lot of precision in moving parts (e.g. mirror). It is easier to get a decent magnification from an EVF, something which APS-C and even more FT SLRs struggle with. On top of which are all the neat things you can do in an EVF (superimposing info, marking problem areas, live histogram).
I think in not so far a time, the remaining quality gap will have closed, the EVF will be cheaper and better for many applications.
Having written all this, I sometimes still wonder whether to upgrade my DSLR. I am still using an old Olympus E-300 and a E-P1 for my more serious projects. I sometimes wish for a look in finder on the E-P1 in bright sunlight, which this one doesn't support <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.[/quote]
Look, yes, I admit one day EVFs will probably replace the OVF. EVFs have made tremendous journey compared to their quality say 10 years ago. Lets say there has been 90% improvement but please note that the last 10% - to fully match the quality of OVFs - may easily require another 10 years of hard development work (which is by the way my rough estimation when it may happen). I definitely don´t think it will happen as soon as in 2 years (unless there is some really major, unexpected scientific breakthrough in the EVFs development which I can never rule out of course).