Canikon MUST switch to EVFs

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micronean
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Re: Canikon MUST switch to EVFs
In reply to underpaid, 5 months ago

underpaid wrote:

Airless wrote:

Start with the entry level and enthusiast level and then by 2016 work your way up to the pro level. Pentamirror viewfinders are godawful compared to the sublime EVFs of all the legitimate camera brands like Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Fujifilm.

Everyone knows that OVFs are quickly going obsolete and there is only a very small minority of people who still insist on them, most of them because they are old and used OVFs for many years so they are nostalgic about them and can't be bothered to get used to the superior new technology in the latest generation of EVFs. Obviously these fringe photographers of yesteryear shouldn't dictate the product line of the almighty Canikon, which sells most of its DSLRs to clueless neophytes who probably don't even know what OVF and EVF stand for. Sony and Fuji made the switch and lo and behold, they actually became relevant players and are starting to dominate the future mainstream market of mirrorless cameras while Canikon is getting left in the dust.

So right now I'm calling on Canikon to get with the program, ditch your terrible pentamirrors for EVFs, then when you see how much of a raging success they are, put them in your higher end enthusiast models and then finally the pro models. Then you might stand a ghost of a chance of competing with the big boys.

No, they don't need to switch, and I was going to challenge every sentence of every paragraph, especially the last one where you are "calling on Canikon do get with the program", but I have no energy left to challenge, as I have laughed so much I am weak. What an arrogant, unsubstantiated post.

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I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

I feel they do--and I didn't think this way before. I remember my heart sank when Sony decided to abandon that wonderful viewfinder of the A950 when doing the A99.

But I am one of the converted.

I think if Canon/Nikon could, they would put EVFs on their flagship cameras tomorrow. But they can't because they have so much invested in the old guard. It reminds me of the petroleum industry. We all know it's better to have a cleaner source of energy, whether electric or otherwise, but the idea of replacing the generations of factories, plants, equipment, machines, is just a nightmare logistically, and unthinkable for those who have their fortunes invested in oil.

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