or even the new canon 1d markIII for a measly RM16k

1. LCD have a limited pixel resolution, limited colours (mostly 6bit), limited respond.. while viewfinder is live view, limited by your eyes. Especially important if you are manually focusing, depth of field and such

2. The ccd or cmos sensor is behind the shutter.. in a way to protect the sensor and only is needed to capture the image and not used for composure of the picture about to be taken. So unless the shutter is able to flip up for live preview ..or the prism/mirror redirect image to a secondary sensor,.. u will not have preview on the lcd. Besides the image is already directed to sensors for auto-focusing points, light and whatnot..

Really shutter... not the consumer camera artifical shutter sound produced by built-in speakers

This post has been edited by BeastX: Feb 24 2007, 11:28 AM