EVF's I tried or had are the A77 and A77II, XT1, EM1, EM1-II, A7Rii, A7 and a few bridge cameras (and maybe a couple more that I've forgotten
) I appreciate that the A7riii and A9 have better EVFs (spec wise) but imo it doesn't matter how good the screen get you're always looking at a screen and as such will never look like an OVF. That's just physics 
EVF's I tried or had are the A77 and A77II, XT1, EM1, EM1-II, A7Rii, A7 and a few bridge cameras (and maybe a couple more that I've forgotten
Oh yeah, I just don't know how togs have coped all these years not being able to see the end result before taking the shotYour end result will be very close to what you see on the screen not what you see through OVF. If you want to naturally admire the view then probably best to just use your eyes and/or binoculars. Would save a lot of space and money
Oh yeah, I just don't know how togs have coped all these years not being able to see the end result before taking the shot
Af is another reason I switched to Sony. Eye af and larger af coverage
TBH as Cankion have bee so tardy in pulling their finger out in releasing mirrorless they've now left themselves between a rock and a hard place. Bring out a new mount without making existing lenses fully compatible and you upset a lot of current users, and potentially lose more customers to Sony as there'll not be anywhere enough lenses to suit everyone's needs. Only Canikon will know what they're going to do, but as I said by waiting so long they've made it difficult.
That would be mega if Sony and Nikon did that, unfortunately I don't see that happening.
TBH I still prefer the view looking through OVF's, it's just so much nicer on the eye. A lot of the other features don't really interest me either, such as eye AF, peaking etc, for my shooting none of these are of any benefit. One feature that is useful (to me) is to see the cropped view in DX mode, and on the very odd occasion having the WYSIWYG in the EVF can be useful. The debate as to which is better will go on forever I feel, just like the Canon vs Nikon debate. What's odd is that a lot of EVF fanatics don't understand why some prefer OVFs
Weren't they planning the A9 years ago or at least the tech that made it possible? I'd guess that they kept on planning and have a roadmap of sorts of stuff still to come.
It wasn't an argument it was a jokePhotographers coped without AF, stabilisation, ridiculously high ISOs etc etc etc. That's a silly argument, just because its possible to cope doesn't make it better or equally useful.
As I said above for photographing things my opinion is EVF is far more useful tool that OVF. Of course there used to be issues with lag etc for shooting action but those are disappearing also.
I am an EVF fanboi
I don't need to chimp with my OVF, I understand my metering and 99% of the time my exposure turns out how I want them. EVFs aren't full proof though, quite often in bright sunlight you can't see all the shadow detail etc and can sometimes be fooled into thinking you need to boost the exposure, even if I shield the EVF with my hand. I've done this several times and then when I get back to the computer they've then been overexposed. I've since stopped relying on the image that I see and trust the metering and histogram (yes the histogram in the EVF is useful). But that's the problem with LCD screens, they look different in different lights, even the ones in the EVFs.
Sell off all your MF lenses, A7 and get a A7 III with a collection of native glass
im geting jehova's witness like vibes from this nowSell off all your MF lenses, A7 and get a A7 III with a collection of native glass
a proper camera
Which will be sold again next week.and then debating again whether to get a Sony or not
im with you in preferring OVFTBH as Cankion have bee so tardy in pulling their finger out in releasing mirrorless they've now left themselves between a rock and a hard place. Bring out a new mount without making existing lenses fully compatible and you upset a lot of current users, and potentially lose more customers to Sony as there'll not be anywhere enough lenses to suit everyone's needs. Only Canikon will know what they're going to do, but as I said by waiting so long they've made it difficult.
That would be mega if Sony and Nikon did that, unfortunately I don't see that happening.
TBH I still prefer the view looking through OVF's, it's just so much nicer on the eye. A lot of the other features don't really interest me either, such as eye AF, peaking etc, for my shooting none of these are of any benefit. One feature that is useful (to me) is to see the cropped view in DX mode, and on the very odd occasion having the WYSIWYG in the EVF can be useful. The debate as to which is better will go on forever I feel, just like the Canon vs Nikon debate. What's odd is that a lot of EVF fanatics don't understand why some prefer OVFs
Why? The Canon EF mount was 30 years old last year, EF-S is 15 years old. Unlike Nikon Canon have stuck with one mount, no confusion of which series lenses work with which body, you just buy it, fit it and it works. It’s why so many pros use Canon, despite some people on this threads thoughts Canon actually know what they’re doing.
I'm not sure you understood my post properly tbh? But I thought Nikon F-mount has been going even longer, since the 1950's?
Ducks by dancook1982, on Flickr
The Nikon F mount has been around longer than Canon’s EF mount. However there were three versions of the MF lens mount, I’ve lost track of how many AF lenses variants there are. Canon meanwhile used FL/FD until AF when they designed a better solution and stuck to it. In theory Nikon’s mount is still identical, but you can’t use them on modern bodies to any practical function. So I fail to see why a mirrorless FF from Canon means the will bring out a different mount? Sony had a blank canvas to design their lens mount, however as keeps being mentioned independent manufacturers obviously don’t feel it worthwhile to make lenses for Sony (yet) when Canon bring a mirrorless FF body out I expect it will give Sony something to think about.
Latest updates seem to suggest UK won't see more stock until late May.
Or maybe I just made that up