Originally posted by Rondec Based on sales, most people are purchasing smart phones and foregoing any kind of ILC these days.
It is really hard to say how significant EVF related eye strain is. Obviously people use screens all day long on tablets and laptops and phones, but they don't literally hold them up to their eye balls and there is no doubt that a lot of people get eye strain even using a computer screen. There is a whole part of the computer industry bent on filtering blue light which is supposed to be the culprit. I don't if that is really cause but, my wife bought some of those glasses for reducing headaches when she edited a lot on a computer, but she ended up not liking the color shifts they gave and so she stopped using them.
The duration and intensity really makes a difference. If a whole day is analysing aerial photos on a screen my eyes are really showing reactions up to a headache etc. but I remember how tired I was after long days of analogue stereoscopic reconnaissance.
I have tried to read books and papers on a kindle. Much better than a tablet or laptop screen, but I still prefer a printout or book. Like with EVF there are a lot of advantages, annotation, dictionary etc. but for me it is still not there. And believe me, I have tried.
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Originally posted by Dieseler Unfortunately, Fuji have already beaten them to the punch with reasonably priced, MF mirrorless. Whether Pentax can compete on price or something else, I don't know, but it must make the segment less attractive with Fuji as a player now.
Some people (I think even Ricoh in one of the interviews) think that the entry of other players into the market might be a good thing in popularising this niche and that it would be of benefit for all of them. But they would have to act now, obviously, to reassure their commitment.