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ChromeLight Senior Member • Posts: 2,681
Re: How can Sigma make sure the FFF is the best success it can be?

Scottelly wrote:

ChromeLight wrote:

My question is will the EVF be as terrible as the one in the Quattro cameras? If they are able to off load a high resolution video feed into the EVF like everyone else then I will consider getting a FFF. But there's no way I'll consider looking through something that's worse than a 1970s View Master for the better part of a decade.

I truly don't know what you mean. I shot with a Sony A65 for quite a while before shooting with my SD Quattro H. That Sony had a significantly better viewfinder than the one in my Sony A55, which had a much better viewfinder than the one in my Sony R1. I didn't notice any big disadvantage of the viewfinder in my Sigma vs. the one in my Sony A65, which was a viewfinder that was complimented by reviewers at the time. I guess today it would be considered unacceptable though. I have used my friend's Fuji GFX100 from time to time, which is by all accounts a very modern and premium quality mirrorless camera, with a good viewfinder, and I don't find his viewfinder considerably better than the one in my SD Quattro H. In fact, when I was shooting the two cameras side-by-side to compare images I was making to be as identical as possible (for comparing on the computer screen - see this thread: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63281635 ), it didn't seem like there was a significant difference between one viewfinder and the other (meaning the viewfinder in his Fuji and the viewfinder in my Sigma). I just didn't notice any significant difference. I was not comparing viewfinders at the time though, so maybe that's why I didn't notice. I'm sure the Fuji has a better viewfinder. After-all the camera costs $10,000, right? What I'm saying though is I guess the viewfinder in the Sigma can't be THAT bad if I didn't even notice a difference.

Still, I'm sure Sigma will use a better viewfinder for the FFF. It will most likely be similar to the 3.69M dot viewfinder that works with the fp and fp L . . . or maybe something even better.

Scott, I don't mean the viewfinder itself. I meant the low resolution readout from the Quattro sensor. Sorry I wasn't clear.

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