Images of the Canon EOS M6 & EVF Have Leaked

[AvTvM]

i'd be interested in a "4k retina EVF" rather than 4k video capture. ;-)

 

[rrcphoto]

i'd be interested in a "4k retina EVF" rather than 4k video capture. ;-)

retina is over 300 ppi.. you already have that

 

[AvTvM]

i would prefer "4k retina" nevertheless.

 

[Quirkz]

i'd be interested in a "4k retina EVF" rather than 4k video capture. ;-)

retina is over 300 ppi.. you already have that

Apples 'Retina' resolution is affected by viewing distance. It's basically the ppi required at X distance so that the individual pixels are not distinguishable from each other. 300ppi is considered about right for the distance an iPhone or iPad is held at - but you'd need much higher for an evf held a few centimeters from your own retina

 

[Fleetie]

2.36 Mdot is only about equivalent to 1024x768 pixels, though the aspect ratio may well be different from that.

Really not great.

BUT I don't believe the EVF-DC2 will have a higher res than that, sadly.

Also, it's a shame it won't tilt up. I've found that feature of the -DC1 very useful.

 

[AvTvM]

1024x768 exsctly. SVGA. released in 1987 ... still used by "innovative camera manufacturers" in 2017. ;-)

I stand corrected: it was XGA and came somewhat later. thanks, @LDS !

 

[LDS]

1024x768 exsctly. SVGA. released in 1987 ... still used by "innovative camera manufacturers" in 2017. ;-)

SVGA is usually 800x600. 1024x768 is usually referred as XGA. Just in 1987 you got it on 15" CRT displays at 72Hz that weighted several kilograms, now you get it in 0.5" or less, a few grams, and higher refresh rates.

Many microdisplays available use that resolution - AFAIK the Sony A7 has the same resolution - but it looks VR headset are going to push higher resolutions - just remember more pixels more battery juice required.

 

[Fleetie]

Ok, I just spent some time with my M3, using the EVF to view my photos.

To be fair to it, I couldn't really see individual pixels, so its poor 1024x768-equivalent resolution isn't that much of a problem, it seems.

But what did strike me was how little of my eye's field of view the image occupied.

A very welcome and useful improvement would be a souped-up optical system with a really nice eyepiece, so that the image filled much more of the eye's FOV.

My Dad makes telescopes. When I was very young, he made a terrestrial 'scope with a (bought-in) lovely eyepiece of a type known as an "Erfle". This eyepiece was a joy to look through. The FOV was luxuriously wide! It SEEMED to almost fill the eye's FOV.

I want that in an EVF!

Probably optically impossible, though.

 

[AvTvM]

lets see whether Canon has improved something with the new EVF-DC2 ... higher eyepoint could be possible. we will know, once full specs are released or leaked.