K-01 Viewfinder

Started Feb 22, 2012 | Discussion thread
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Najinsky
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K-01 Viewfinder
Feb 22, 2012

I really like most of the spec of the K-01 and even it's appearance. The real stumbling block for me is the lack of eye level finder.

Live view will work fine for pancakes, but with a large telephoto or zoom, I think a finder is going to be critical for avoiding shake at slower speeds and for general comfort in shooting for long periods. We can forget tripods for the intended use (reactive travel shooting)

Does anyone here shoot tele or zooms on your DSLR using only live view? Do you have any tricks for keeping it comfortable and making it work for you?

A built in finder would likely have made the body larger, so I'm happy with the decision not to build one in, but not including an add on EVF for larger lenses seems like an oversight, and for me, unfortunately a critical one.

-Najinsky

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