When I sold my Contax G2 (oh how I miss the lenses) I told myself, "This is
the end of crappy finders."
How wrong I was.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] I hope it's the beginning of a trend
> Sue Pearce wrote:
>> As the owner of a G10, I can tell you that the VF is worthless. If that's
>> all the better Canon can do, it only shows that all the engineers that
>> designed the great VF's for the old film cameras are retired.
>
> A little more reason than that. The old VFs were single focal length,
> while new ones must zoom. Size, weight and cost are critical factors in
> the market.
>
> A single, good quality 5x viewfinder would probably weigh as much, cost
> as much and be as large as a G11, and a more awkward shape.
>
>> I find it useless.
>>
>
> Yup. No parallax correction, either
>
> Moose
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