Different VF's

Guy Barwood · February 17th, 2007, 07:17 AM

When you only sell a handful of an item you have to make it expensive, and you can when it is a niche product such as that.

That doesn't make the F900's VF twice as expensive to make as the HD100 in any respect.

Bill Ravens · February 17th, 2007, 07:40 AM

I've started using an older LCD screen for an HD monitor...it works quite well as an HD viewfinder if you don't mind the size. I bought a cable that has RGB connections at one end and VGA connections at the other. Voila....instant HD monitor.

Liam Hall · February 17th, 2007, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guy Barwood

When you only sell a handful of an item you have to make it expensive, and you can when it is a niche product such as that.

That doesn't make the F900's VF twice as expensive to make as the HD100 in any respect.

No it doesn't. But the point is simple, at a price for a whole camera that is less than half the cost of an accessory for another camera the HD100 offers terrific value.

Even with the economies of scale delivered by the mass production of these cameras there will inevitably be compromises in their design and manufacture. In the HD100's case the VF is definitely a compromise when compared to a Sony. Having said that, the standard viewfinder on a F900 is pretty shocking!

Jon Springer · February 17th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Oakley

I've had the VF appart three times to fix it. keeps bending/breaking with just the smallest amount of pressure. a sony betaSP VF this ain't. now those could take a licking ! not much in there to see.
Steve Oakleu

Steve,

Do you know if the monitor inside be rotated 180 degrees and remounted?

February 17th, 2007, 07:17 AM	#16
Guy Barwood Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 423	When you only sell a handful of an item you have to make it expensive, and you can when it is a niche product such as that. That doesn't make the F900's VF twice as expensive to make as the HD100 in any respect.

February 17th, 2007, 07:40 AM	#17
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	I've started using an older LCD screen for an HD monitor...it works quite well as an HD viewfinder if you don't mind the size. I bought a cable that has RGB connections at one end and VGA connections at the other. Voila....instant HD monitor.