Originally posted by martin42mm My impression was that you were missing the 'through the viewfinder ' reference, hence my reply. Naturally everyone has their own view ( sorry) on this subject. I have never bonded with my Leicas as much as I did with even my humble Zenit. What you see is what you get means a lot when composing shots. The inaccuracy of non-r/f cameras I find difficult to adjust to, although I do like my Fuji X-10. In fact any non-DSLR HAS to have an optical v/f or I will not buy it. Personally if you can't view the subject optically I am unlikely to use it.
That's just my view, as is every post on this forum.
Pentax gave me a slightly larger and heavier camera, a noisier camera; for that, I
personally gained access to additional focal lengths.
I take some 'discrete' photos, which became much less discrete because of the noise - sometimes I now use my Q-7, even though it doesn't have any viewfinder, for that reason.
I have always been interested in the middle of a shot, so I
personally gained
zero by being able to see what the lens saw.
Nowdays, if a camera has no viewfinder, I won't purchase it, but I'm not particular about what kind it is.
That's just my personal view, as is every post on this forum.