DSLR with live view LCD monitor

[cessy]

looks cool :)

http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/news/2006a/nr060126e330e.cfm
http://www.pma-show.com/2006/digital_camera/olympus_review/010_olympus_e330.html
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=2689

[ronners]

Saw this one earlier today. My first reaction is 'so what?'. Olympus have put a huge amount of technical effort into freeing you from looking through the viewfinder before you take a shot. Again, so what? A good viewfinder is infinitely preferable to an LCD screen under most light conditions, so this actually looks like a step backward to get more users to migrate from P&S cameras where the viewfinder has almost become redundant.

Oh, and if you've ever been away from a power-source for any extended period of time whilst shooting, you will appreciate the fact that looking through a viewfinder requires considerably less battery life than using the LCD screen... ;)

[cessy]

yeah maybe it will need more power source :)
but I do always remember how useful swivel LCD when I used Canon A80 before. there are many angles that made so much easy to take having this facility.

I am not surprise if soon other brands will follow this inovation :)