[GrahamS]

Philip, it would not be an "informed" decision. Only one based on one limited experience and no knowledge. Further down the line, something like school sports may raise problems, especially with burst shooting. I have tried 5 fps through an EVF and it just doesn't work for me.

Graham, I have to state that I am most surprised and truly disappointed by your reply. I would have expected that a day spent with you in practical photography would have been far from a limited experience, but more a valuable and most informative one, allowing the person to gain much knowledge of the two different systems by actually using them in various shooting scenarios. It would be easy to include burst shooting in the practical experience, another aspect in which I fail to see a problem with using an EVF.

Cheers.
Philip

Philip, I am disappointed that you are disappointed in my reply. My daughter lives north of Sidney, Australia. I live in London. Her nearest photo store is a two hour journey away, and she want's to keep her intentions secret from the family. If she did find a convenient store with a Fujifilm X-T10 or an Olympus OM-D EM5 and a Sony A68 as well as a Nikon D5300 and a D7100 for comparison, she would be at the mercy of the salesperson as she does not have sufficient experience to make an "informed" decision under those circumstances.

Things are not always as simple as they would seem.