A new rebel is coming. How will it be better than the last?

Potemkin_Photo wrote:

WSteveP wrote:

Potemkin_Photo wrote:

just put an EVF in it

What "is" the big deal with an EVF.

I had one a while back and have no desire to have another, thanks very much.

Focus peaking and great MF through the viewfinder. Once you've experienced, you just don't want to go back.

I kind of do, when the optical viewfinder makes more sense than the EVF. Both have their advantages. An EVF is better for video, no question, and nice for manual lenses, since it'll compensate electronically for manual aperture settings. After years of video shooting, an EVF isn't alien to me.

On the other hand, you're still looking at a low resolutions representation of the photo you might shoot. Not the real thing you're looking at. EVFs aren't necessarily all that accurate at showing color and shadow highlights, though they can do exposure peaking (sometimes), which is handy.

The big current advantage of an EVF in a still camera is the smaller camera that can exist. Which is more or less negated for full-frame cameras, anyway ... it's the big lenses, not the body, that really define the size of the system. I'm kind of surprised no one's come up with a DSLR that also has a real EVF. Using a transparent OLED display ought to allow some pretty cool, EVF-like live viewfinder overlays, yet allow a mode with the mirror locked up and just the EVF engaged. I wouldn't be shocked if that's how Nikon or Canon address the mirrorless competition for real. If that competition really arrives any time soon....