I'm in danger of becoming that guy that keeps whining on about the lack of a viewfinder but I agree with you. In all the handheld footage I've seen, I'm spotting that classic side to side, rolling motion you tend to get when shooting with two hands from the gut, especially when turning the lens barrel. An Evf and two hands tends to solve that as it's a third point of contact as well as all the other trivial uses a viewfinder has, like being able to see what you're shooting.
So strange they left it out. Am I right in thinking this is only the second camera ,(stills and video), aside from the c200B that canon have ever made without a viewfinder ?
And I know I can buy one from zacuto but then the camera becomes as big and expensive as a c300mkii so it looses it's appeal.
Moan, grumble, moan
Some C700 people were already upset about the capabilites of the C500 Mark II for a lot less money
Same thing happened again with the C300 Mark III with DGO and 4k120p agaist the C500 Mark II which is 6k FF, but much more expensive and omits these things.
And now we can't ignore the fact that the C70 costs exactly half of that, it has most of the C300 Mark III capabilites with the same sensor coupled to a newer, much more flexible lens mount.
Then there is the C200, which is currently priced exactly the same. Bigger and older techology, but it has the EVF and ergonomics to go with it.
It might get even cheaper still.
So it is not like Canon is not giving you enough choices.
It is quite amazing, how many features have started to appear in the lower categories considering the C500 Mark II was annouced just one year ago!
People should think about this before complaining.