Most of the points you make apply to the Fuji X-E1 as well. The only
time I have been disappointed with it was in bright sunlight on a
concrete airport ramp. On that occasion, the EVF seemed too dark, and,
of course, the rear LCD display was useless.
I was never sure exactly what caused the problem. Do these cameras use
the overall illumination level to tell the firmware how to manage the
brightness of the EVF?
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 12/7/2013 6:42 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 12/7/2013 4:25 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
>> Mike L wrote
>>> Other than macro, I fail to see what advantage an EVF would ever have over
>>> a good optical finder Weight? Cost? Size? ....
>> IMO the only possible advantages are (1) the nearly total silence and (2)
>> absence of
>> vibration.
> Neither of these have much to do with EVFs. The shutters still make noise and
> vibration. As you may recall, the biggest
> problem with OMs is not the 'mirror slap', but aperture stop down and actual
> shutter operation.
>
> The shutters on µ4/3 cameras, both Oly and Panny, are clearly audible, and
> both suffer from image blur from shutter
> shock at certain shutter speeds. I understand the same is true, to greater or
> lesser extent, with other ILCs. The
> exceptions are 2-3 recent Pannys with an electronic shutter option. That's
> where you finally get total silence and lack
> of vibration; sorta eerie, almost. The only indication that you've taken a
> shot is the brief blackout of the VF (unless
> you turn on the fake shutter sound).
>
> The major physical advantage is size and weight.
>
> Perhaps those who use them might have more ideas? Frank recently listed
> several:
>
> "But the obvious ones are:
> - magnification for accurate focusing of manual lenses
> - visible feedback on the exposure
>
> Some others ...
> - real time overlay of histogram, or over-/under exposure blinking
> - review of picture without moving the camera from your eyes
> - adjusting several settings on the camera without moving the camera from
> your eyes"
>
> To which I and others would add:
> - The option to make the image brighter for focus/framing in the dark.
> - Focus peaking
> - Electronic level
> - A large viewfinder image from a small sensor. That a small sensor has a
> gazillon megapixies is no help with the optical limitations of an OVF on a
> small sensor camera. I believe the VF-4 and E-M1 VF images are larger than
> those of FF DSLRs.
>
> I'm sure there are more.
>
> To some, I imagine, the wealth of information available in the display may be
> a distraction. Fortunately content is
> usually controllable to some extent. For others, the info is quite wonderful.
>
> It's horses for courses; each type of VF has its advantages and
> disadvantages. I rather like EVFs The biggest problem
> I've noticed on the two I've used much is color. Reds and oranges are
> muddy/flat.
>
> Leaning E. Moose
>
>
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