Originally posted by stevebrot Interesting...As an avid manual focus user, I find that available EVF are inferior, in my experience.
It took me five minutes with the A7 to say no in 2014 and even less time with the A7II in 2017. I guess that qualifies as refutation.
The subject of a FF Pentax mirrorless has been chewed on over and over and over on this site. The salient points remain:
- Would be silly to do with K-mount, requiring a new mount
- If done, it would be years before lens support would be adequate (witness how long it took Sony to spin up)
- Mirrorless AF sucks, even with available on-sensor PDAF
- Battery life
- Might be more appropriate for medium format
There is a reason why Sony and Leica are the only players in this space.
Steve
Interesting.
I'd have to disagree with some of those points.
1. Why would it be silly to use K-mount? I think it would be silly NOT to use it, as like you said, a new mount takes too long for lens support, and disenfranchises your existing user base
2. Autofocus sucks? Everything I've read about the latest mirrorless cameras, i.e. X-T2, EM1 Mark II, A9 etc; those cameras are all reported to have superb auto-focusing that is far ahead of Pentax. Now some of the cheaper/older ones did indeed have crap auto focus, but those days are over.
3. Battery life? While the Sony camera's are known for crap battery life, others like the Fuji are known for exceptionally long battery life. I know someone who did over 1200 shots on a single charge.
So again, not an inherent mirrorless issue
And I believe the A7 and A7II aren't the best examples of a great EVF. I totally understand that there are bad EVF's out there.
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Originally posted by adjutant I love my SLR and DSLR, but EVF mirrorless is undeniably the future. Perhaps not any time soon for Pentax, but other manufacturers have certainly taken notice.
I agree.
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Originally posted by surfar CaNik are both rumoured to be releasing FF mirrorless in 2018,both want to hang onto their user base and $$$ony have taken some of their customers.
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1/2/3 have some merit....but where on earth did this one come from?Theres more chance of Samsung or TowerJazz providing a sensor.
Honestly, just thinking of ways they could differentiate themselves from the competition, and X-trans came to mind. From my understanding it's software compatibility isn't as much of an issue anymore, and I love how it resolves color artifacting moire and the like.
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Originally posted by Pioneer Why is EVF "undeniably" the future??
Exactly what is wrong with seeing the world for real rather than using virtual reality?
Pentax has some of the finest optical viewfinders available in any slr camera and all anyone wants to do is dump it for second best.
I am so confused.
The ways OVF can't compete with a good EVF are:
- No black out. this can help tremendously in subject tracking.
- Real time exposure preview, removing the need for "chimping", and better ability to see in low light, as well as with slower lenses.
- Real time focus and highlight peaking. I love this feature with live view on my K-1, but there are many times I wish I could use the viewfinder.
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I'm still waiting for more people to chime in with things they'd like to see on the next FF