Originally posted by Wheatfield I don't understand because I value good viewfinders. At the moment EVs are not good viewfinders.
Hence my inability to understand.
Why would a person want to buy a piece of equipment that is inherently inferior to what is available now?
Perhaps you could enlighten me?
The main factor is that you are accustomed to using optical viewfinder.
Fast forward to the current generation.... where many of the P&S users have never looked through an optical viewfinder before! These group of users may not so impressed by the OVF, and they have been accustomed to using the camera at an arm's length with liveview.
I disagree with your "inherently inferior" description of EVF. It is not.
There are some limitations due to cost factor. But display technology is making leaps and bounds; and in a few years' time, it can easily exceed OVF - at an affordable price. They already have the technology to make excellent high resolution display, it's just not cost effective for a $500 to $1000 camera.
Even at this point, there are some inherent advantages of EVF with mirrorless camera:
100% coverage, and unlimited magnifications
No more front focusing and back focusing. Perfect focus is achievable.
Accurate white balance preview
Potentially better metering using the main sensor - unlimited metering point/zone.
Live Histogram