Originally posted by Clavius And they are not? OVF shows nothing during video recording. Doesn't show live DOF preview, no WB settings, no focus zooming, no peaking, no histogram, etc. OVFs are darker. The size of OVF is dependant on the sensor/mirror format while EVF is not. OVF and its sub-parts requires much manual calibration, and thus makes the camera much more expensive. All in all, a camera with an EVF immerges me more in the act of taking a photo or video, then an SLR. It doesn't only let me look through the lens and its characteristics, but also "through" the sensor and its own characteristics.
I think its great that you find those attributes to be advantageous - you have a lot of very good mirrorless cameras to chose from.
The last time I explained why I still prefer OVFs, you ridiculed my choice of gear, accused me of posting with concealed motives because no one in their right mind could possibly prefer an OVF, and (I think someone else) piled on with my mind is "rubbish, obviously."
So I will simply state that I prefer making photographs with an OVF rather than an EVF camera. In spite of the EVF attributes you list. And in fact, specifically because some of those attributes are disadvantages, for me.
Unlike many EVF proponents on PF, I don't have any desire to make anyone else understand my preference, or agree with it, or convert them to my viewpoint. I hope only that you accept my choice for what it is: a simple, truthful, objective statement of preference.
I agree mirrorless cameras should be less expensive than DSLRs, but I find DSLR cameras to be much less expensive than comparably featured (again, features I value - quite unlike DPR's spec lists for example) mirrorless counterparts, except for Sony products. There may be a time an EVF is produced which I will prefer to an OVF, or it may become the only choice available. Until then, I will use my OVF camera without apology, not because my mind is rubbish, not because of some hidden agenda, and not because I have no choice but to use obsolete, ridicule-worth gear, but because I like it better.