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[quote Having an optical viewfinder eliminates any real need for an EVF.
Ok....unless;
"Need" is in the aspirations of the beholder ;-)
Walk a mile with me in the shoes of a nut!
Think large-format landscape 'field-kit'.
Keep the tripod(and focussing-cloth), but exchange a 1Ds (let's say) for the LF camera...
and a nice selection of "L"-glass(and maybe a Zeiss 21mm) for the huge LF lenses...
and a digital sensor/battery/CF combo for 100-or-so sheets of LF film, holders, etc.
Add a lap-top to get back some of the weight you've saved, equipment-wise(wanting, of course, to keep the whole endeavor a "manly" undertaking ;-),
Connect the "not-needed' live preview(mirror-up), to the laptop, ...throw the focussing-cloth over your head, and ENJOY(!) the same deliberate, careful composing, exposure adjustment, and focus the easy to see now scene, on the wide-screen, bigger even than your old beloved 8X10 view camera ... Could a 15-inch image with 786,000 pixels(or more...and maybe even MAGNIFIED on top of that(!) be a tad easier to see than a 2-inch 120,000 one...or be easier to enjoy than the one you get while squinting through the camera's VF? And WHAT? All this RIGHT SIDE UP?
All set? might as well leave the mirror up, and shoot with the remote.)
OK, Got the perfect image. Not happy with a mere 8X10, 13x19, whatever? The while you're set-up, make a few adjustments and take a few more.
This new-fangled 'stitching" stuff will give you resolution beyond your old 8X10's fondest dreams, given enough images-pieces to combine.
Fantasy? Yeah.
Not-for-everyone? Yeah.
Never cared about that ;-)
[["The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him -- therefore all progress depends upon the unreasonable man"...Samuel Butler]]
More than you wanted to know about why I asked in the first place.
Thanks for the responses![/font]