Comments on: (FT4) UPDATED: Olympus may working on an attachable electronic viewfinder for the E-P1 http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-olympus-may-working-on-an-attachable-electronic-viewfinder-for-the-e-p1/ Panasonic and Olympus Digital Camera News Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: bob m http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-olympus-may-working-on-an-attachable-electronic-viewfinder-for-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 bob m Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:46:18 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=3581#comment-1699 Well this camera will take any olympus lens made in last 30 years (with adapter) No OVF can cover this range...In bright sunlight it is impossible to view using a LCD...Also it isnt to easy to focus manually with LCD..This is main reason why I would not buy this camera..If they bring out a EVC .then I will reconsider.A nice solution that would work would be a viewfinder that you slide over the LCD.. As in old medium format camers you would look down into it...As the image would be upside down a simple switch on camera that flips image when this viewfinder is used..Just a sealed box with a viewfinder.. and a mirror at 45 degrees.. Simple Idea that would be perfect for me.. Well this camera will take any olympus lens made in last 30 years (with adapter) No OVF can cover this range…In bright sunlight it is impossible to view using a LCD…Also it isnt to easy to focus manually with LCD..This is main reason why I would not buy this camera..If they bring out a EVC .then I will reconsider.A nice solution that would work would be a viewfinder that you slide over the LCD.. As in old medium format camers you would look down into it…As the image would be upside down a simple switch on camera that flips image when this viewfinder is used..Just a sealed box with a viewfinder.. and a mirror at 45 degrees.. Simple Idea that would be perfect for me..

]]> By: Thyl http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-olympus-may-working-on-an-attachable-electronic-viewfinder-for-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 Thyl Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:33:19 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=3581#comment-1638 Pls accept my serious apologies for the spelling errors in my above posting. Too tired? Pls accept my serious apologies for the spelling errors in my above posting. Too tired?

]]> By: Thyl http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-olympus-may-working-on-an-attachable-electronic-viewfinder-for-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Thyl Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:31:15 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=3581#comment-1637 After having reviewed the operating manual, I believe that serious obstacles wuld have to be overcome and Olypmus had not really planned for additional, more "active viewfinders. E.g., when connecting a monitor to the HDMI output (but not the AV output), picture cannot be taken. And there is presently not possibility to manually set the focal length of a manual lens attached to the E-P1. So maybe the best compromise for the EVF right now might be to offer a hybrid of a LCD hood and a waistlevel finder as known from MF cameras, i.e. a light, collapsable plastic contruction that nevertheless has included a magnifier lens (not a fresnel lens) and is easily detachable. Unfortunately, there is no mechanical mechanism whatsoever on the E-P1 that would indicate that Olympus had planned at least therefor. After having reviewed the operating manual, I believe that serious obstacles wuld have to be overcome and Olypmus had not really planned for additional, more “active viewfinders. E.g., when connecting a monitor to the HDMI output (but not the AV output), picture cannot be taken. And there is presently not possibility to manually set the focal length of a manual lens attached to the E-P1.

So maybe the best compromise for the EVF right now might be to offer a hybrid of a LCD hood and a waistlevel finder as known from MF cameras, i.e. a light, collapsable plastic contruction that nevertheless has included a magnifier lens (not a fresnel lens) and is easily detachable. Unfortunately, there is no mechanical mechanism whatsoever on the E-P1 that would indicate that Olympus had planned at least therefor.

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