mawz wrote: Jman13 wrote:
One funny thing about this camera: Sony may have set a new (non-Leica) record for ridiculous prices on accessories.
If you want the optical hotshoe viewfinder, the lens hood and an added thumb rest, you can add over $1,000 to the cost of the camera. They\'re pricing the viewfinder at $599, the lens hood at $179 and the thumb rest at $249!
I mean, come on...$600 for a tiny optical viewfinder? It\'s not like it has to resolve 40lp at 24MP...it has to frame the image for your eye. This makes the $200 I paid for my excellent EVF on the GX1 seem like the deal of the century. And the $179 lens hood (that isn\'t even large) makes the $80 hoods on Olympus\' premium lenses look reasonable. I won\'t even get into the thumb rest....
The OVF is a 35mm version of the ZM finders, which are bloody expensive (street price on them is $399USD right now) but they\'re also the best external optical finders on the market, new or used. MSRP at $600 sounds right, I expect street price will be the same as the ZM finders.
Yes, the Zeiss finders are the best...and since there is now a standard hotshoe, ANY OVF can be used.
One main big though is that if you use the EVF, you can\'t use the thumbs up type grip or the flash. The pic of the thumbs up does not show electronic pass through as Douglas had suggested.
Sep 12, 2012 at 07:48 AM
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and the thumb rest at $249!