Originally posted by Digitalis Because the whole point of going EVF is to get rid of the mirror
losing the mirror is simply a byproduct of superior innovation and manufacturing cost savings.
what is gained with an evf is so much greater than what has ever existed with a mirror, that it's an inevitable change... for example:
"...due to the mirrored DSLR design and the lack of an electronic first curtain in viewfinder shooting, the 5DS/R cameras cannot always achieve the entirely vibration-free images Sony's comparable camera, the a7R II, can provide. Some sharpness cost still remains in typical shooting at longer focal lengths, but the good news is that it's limited to affecting a relatively narrow range of shutter speeds, and Canon provides workarounds that mitigate the sharpness cost significantly."
In Fine Detail: Canon EOS 5DS / 5DS R In-Depth Review: Digital Photography Review
so canon wasted a bunch of engineering $$$ over legacy mirror problems that don't exist on the a7rii, because the a7rii has usable efcs up to 1/1000th, in all the relevant shooting scenarios i can think of; there is zero shutter vibration... efcs implementation on ovf cameras is crippled, it's limited to things like mirror-up only mode.
guess who pays the overhead for all of that canon engineering...
Originally posted by Digitalis Therefore, if the K1 was equipped with an EVF there would be no point in holding onto the K mount flange, get rid of that, and you would basically have a Sony A7xx clone.
Take a lesson from Biology: Clones do not give rise to innovation and change, they are just copies. Copies that cannot adapt in response to a changing and shifting marketplace.
i'd suggest that you take a lesson in biology: "species become extinct when they are no longer able to survive in changing conditions or against superior competition." ...film cameras, for example.
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Originally posted by falconeye That's what I think. Really.
We've seen video and still approaching each other. But both remain rather separate species and, e.g., the still camera species actually benefits from OVF.
the only benefit that i know of with an ovf is that it doesn't take any battery power... which is a tradeoff that most people are more than willing to make.
Originally posted by falconeye I believe, the separation by image quality disappears with full frame 8k video.
that is far from being practical, at this point in time.
video by definition must operate within a very narrow range of shutter speeds... generally 1/60th or 1/120th in north america; so pulling stills from video that's shot for video purposes is not realistic, regardless of the resolution.
ignoring that, the bandwidth demands for a ff sensor recording raw files at 30fps would be very high, to say the least.