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Johannes · #**101** 07-05-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by GreKom

And make it to fit the socket of the flash. Hmmmm, do you think someone is reading this and allready planning the production out of your idea?

At the hotshoe there are 5 contacts including ground, can it transfer video by this 5 contacts?

tspore · #**102** 07-05-2009, 02:42 PM

I don't know if a EVF would work, but if it was a Optical one, you couldn't tell Focus, but you could at least get a optical viewfinder to correctly zoom, since we have TTL I would assume. As a Flash automatically zooms so could the viewfinder accessory.

Godfrey · #**103** 07-05-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tspore

I don't know if a EVF would work, but if it was a Optical one, you couldn't tell Focus, but you could at least get a optical viewfinder to correctly zoom, since we have TTL I would assume. As a Flash automatically zooms so could the viewfinder accessory.

That would be an expensive, as well as large, optical finder. ;-) Cool idea however.

thebinaryman · #**104** 07-05-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Johannes

At the hotshoe there are 5 contacts including ground, can it transfer video by this 5 contacts?

Definitely not, unless camera body and viewfinder were designed for each other.

You could have this home-made EVF mounted "cold shoe" just sitting in the shoe, with no electrical contact. A video cable would connect it to the camera's video out port (assuming standard composite signal via multi-output). A separate power supply (batteries) would be needed to power a home-made EVF)

Swordfish · #**105** 07-05-2009, 07:43 PM

Has anybody tested the E-P1 for bulb shots? Its slowest shutter speed is 30 minutes, right? I would be interested in how the image looks at 8, 12, 15, 20 and 30 minutes, NR on, with the lens cap closed. The E-3 is horrible beyond 8 minutes. Does the E-P1 also limit NR to 8 minutes even if the exposure is longer than that, like the E-3? Thanks.

tspore · #**106** 07-05-2009, 11:20 PM

I will try this week, but I will mostly be gone. Taking the family down to San Diego for a vacation.

Swordfish · #**107** 07-06-2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tspore

I will try this week, but I will mostly be gone. Taking the family down to San Diego for a vacation.

Thanks! Looking forward to the shots. Have a nice trip.

Swandy · #**108** 07-06-2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GreKom

And make it to fit the socket of the flash. Hmmmm, do you think someone is reading this and allready planning the production out of your idea?

Would not surprise me at all. I would rather have an add-on EVF than a larger camera like the G1/GH1 (which I personally think are pretty ugly and look too much like a DSLR).
Steve

tspore · #**109** 07-06-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Godfrey

That would be an expensive, as well as large, optical finder. ;-) Cool idea however.

You are probably correct.

GreKom · #**110** 07-06-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Johannes

At the hotshoe there are 5 contacts including ground, can it transfer video by this 5 contacts?

5 contacts? I only counted 3, or 4 if you also count the big one in the middle.

thebinaryman · #**111** 07-06-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GreKom

5 contacts? I only counted 3, or 4 if you also count the big one in the middle.

3 pins (TTL), the middle pin and the outer rails (for sync) = 5. Take a close look at the edge of your flash, you'll find an additional contact on the side that touches the side rail(s).

GreKom · #**112** 07-06-2009, 02:25 PM

Aha, thanks. That is probably ground.