I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

flektogon wrote:

KL Matt wrote:

flektogon wrote:

KL Matt wrote:

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Then I looked through the viewfinder. Tolerable at best. No dynamic range to the image at all. Everything looked like a cyber nightmare.

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Matt

This is something what I do not understand. Such a modern EVF should not be inferior to any good PC monitor. So, if you are not happy with your monitor/TV dynamic range, then how are you watching your pictures?

I recently acquired a new 4k 32-inch monitor that can display nearly 100% sRGB and does very well with my K1 files. I am quite happy with it contrary to your assumption.

I don't suppose that you print them all. But yes, I haven't tried mirrorless, though occasionally I use the LV mode, which on Pentax cameras might not be as good as the recent Canon EVF.

So you haven't tried mirrorless. Thanks for your input.

Matt

Sorry Matt, I didn't intend to make you feel offended, no, not at all. I just really don't have any experience with EVFs, though I just assume that a modern EVF is at least as good as my PC monitor, which is a 24" HD device. I am watching all my pictures on it and I am perfectly satisfied with everything, i.e. resolution, colours and dynamic range as well. Of course, with a far better monitor you have a completely different experience, and going back to a less advanced device can be felt immediately, as we were discussing it with Roland.

But one thing I am sure on 100%. The EVFs will become more and more advanced and the OVFs more and more expensive . This is clearly seen on the K3/III price. And I am sure that I will survive with my Pentax cameras, but they will be dead at the same moment when I am gone. My kids/grandchildren, whenever they grab my camera(s), they are willing to use only LV mode. When I point them to look through the OVF, they reply: are you kidding grandpa .

No offense taken at all! Here's the thing: possibly my brother-in-law had the viewfinder set very bright, to match his preferences, which are very different than mine. Or these things are at their worst in the bright sunlit conditions we had that day. I understand you're trying to help me get my head around this and I appreciate that. But I think you're limited in what you can contribute if you have never compared the very digital rendering of an EVF with an OVF personally.