One Samsung Camera to Rule Them All

[Lawliet]

Your talking about the behavior of the human eye. That is external to the camera, and has nothing to do with ADDITIONAL lag imposed by the device.

Thats a misconception! While external its also influenced by the camera.
The behavior of you eyes changes with the luminous flux - once the EVF puts significantly more photons on your retina the lag caused by your eyes decreases compared to the OVF. For the lag between the world and your brain you need the sum of both viewfinder- and your own lag.

What you experience happens when the camera can't raise the sensitivity to a degree that allows for a proper exposure while retaining high frame rates an thus chooses to expose longer. But you couldn't shoot action under such circumstances anyway, at least w/o relying completely on flash.

 

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All I could think after reading this was 'One Emerson radio to rule them All'

 

[gadgeteer]

I used to own the Sony A55 & A77. I have to say that I really do love the EVF. It's a feature I still really miss. I love having the 'idiot proof' exposure view. So if I forget to change my ISO when I step out of the church then I can see instantly I'm WAY off. And vice versa.

I also loved being able to see the shot I took inside the viewfinder which helped immensely on sunny days and also people stay stood still when you have your camera to your eye. Once you move it away, people start moving around. So for group shots an EVF is a great help.

That said if I was a sports shooter I wouldn't be so happy with it. The lag was noticeable.

But the NX-1 does look like a very compelling camera. Samsung could be on to something here.