Mirrorless, not for the middle aged

is a resonable possibility that your are correct. It would certainly lift my spirits if Oly should announce they are working on something like this for the future. As I said in another post, thier silence is deafening.
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Inigo Montoya said:

Just look at the Panasonic m4/3rds offerings.

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or the e-p2 and e-pl1 for that matter.

harleydavidson said:

Rots of Ruck Orympus!

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that is rude to write in a public forum, in my opinion.

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'Photos are what remain when the memories are forgotten' - Angular Mo.

I must say that I really don't get the OP on this one at all.

When I was buying my DSLR, I actually dreaded the thought of having to use the viewfinder and one of the reasons I picked E620 was that it reportedly had a usable live view.

How inconvenient must it be to continuously have to take your glasses off and put them back on? I want to keep my glasses on! LCD makes it so easy!

Thankfully (given the half-ass implementation of live view in E620, and given that with larger lenses viewfinder is indeed superior) I have found that I can also keep my glasses on with the viewfinder, I just need to be careful not to smear the glasses against the rubber eyepiece. Otherwise I don't think I would enjoy using my camera.

And let me tell you something about the diopter adjustment knob "solution": it's half-ass too, although I can see why the manufacturers don't want to bother to implement something that actually completely solves the problem; it would simply be too complex. Those of you with glasses/contacts prescription will know that it's not just one adjustment per eye, but three separate ones: diopter, cylinder, and angle. The latter two are important for people with astigmatism, which is a fairly common vision problem. Even though I fall within the supported diopter range, I can't get a sharp picture through the viewfinder, no matter how much I turn the little knob back and forth.

Moddemeijer said:

Mirrorless DSL seems to be the future. There is only one problem. Older people, let say from the age of 45, need glasses for reading. I myself, I can not read the buttons without glasses. Making photos with a camera and putting the glasses on and from my nose is a real problem. I really like the traditional viewfinder. I can see all essentials of my camera without using my glasses. And the butons, I can feel them. Its really fine taking pictures by only using the viewfinder. My camera has a LCD screen, but I hardly use it. I can not see anything without my glasses.

If Olympus is betting on mirrorless cameras, they will lose the older people as customer. And middle aged people have a lot of money to spend. I can not believe that Olympus want to lose this market.

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While I disagree with your general assertion, I agree, all these LCD type of cameras (P&S cameras too) do tend to be aimed at people who can see.

Considering how popular & successful P&S cameras have been w/ their LCD screens...I'd say you'll have a lousy time trying to convince Olympus that mirrorless is a bad place for them to be.

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I am only 70, and that must be why I like the MFT cameras very much!

BTW, do your middle aged eyes let you have a look (in dpreview) at "Reviews"? If so, look the Panasonic Gx cameras. You are in for a surprise!
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