On 4/24/2010 7:50 AM, Walter Kramer wrote: > Can't help but think that there are a lot of variables here, not least > of which is EVF, that is surely the future of seeing through the lens > photography and interchangeable lenses, ie DSLR. Why have a mirror when > you can see what the sensor sees? Olympus and Pana knew this was > coming and made a move ... however, no one can guess which way the cat > is gonna jump. > > Also, in the dark recesses of digital photography lies the bear of open > source camera software which is slowly coming to light as a possibility > and I don't think any of the main players really want this to be a > reality but it would be good for the photographer and their subjects. > Walter, For the time being the answer is because you can only see about every hundredth pixel that the sensor sees, but that will change in time, I'm sure. -- Charlie Falke _____ /\ | __/\__/------/__) |(____\/_________/ "One test result is worth | |/ `o one thousand expert opinions" - Wernher Von Braun 0 N4003M "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/