On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > The GF1/E-P1 design is the best route IMHO. Pentax already makes > small DSLRs. They need something that has the appeal of a range > finder. I'm hopeful on this one.
I have a GF1 on my desk right now. Since I bought the E-5, I've been debating whether to keep the G1 or trade it for a GF1 so as to have more of a compact camera, to use with just one or two lenses, and a friend might trade the GF1 for the G1 (since he's found he prefers the G1 body over the G2 and GF1 and likes working in a two-body, different prime lens on each mode). So far, my biggest issue with the GF1 is that I keep trying to put the camera to my eye. Turns out I use an eye-level viewfinder about 80 to 90 percent of the time when hand-holding a camera, *even* when I make the final framing and exposure using the LCD or no viewfinder at all! I often pick the camera to my eye just to 'remind myself' of the field of view, then use it held for viewing the LCD or just looking at the subject and pointing it. If Pentax is going to get involved with an all electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lens camera, I'd love to see them: - Design it as a NEW line with a short lens mount register to allow adaptability to many lenses, like with Micro-FourThirds. - Deliver it with a trio of fast, prime lenses ... For an APS-C sensor, a nice trio IMO would be 21/2, 43/1.4, 65/2. - Put a nice, trim eye-level viewfinder IN the camera and clean ergonomics and shape. The Fuji X100's body and controls are a model of simple, attractive, easy to figure out, easy to remember design. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
