Optical Viewfinders availability almost extinct
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From: Dave Cohen on 29 May 2010 16:23 On 5/29/2010 12:57 PM, John Navas wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2010 08:34:54 -0700, SMS<scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> > wrote in<4c01343c$0$1643$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>: > >>> My own experience has been that Cameras with only LCD screens are >>> extremely difficult to use in bright sunlight. >> >> That's your experience and the experience of everyone else on the >> planet. Unfortunately, most people don't even realize the problem until >> after they've purchased a camera without an optical viewfinder. > > Nonsense. (What a shock.) > I've seen people using the lcd finder on models that did have an optical finder. And not only on lower end models, I saw someone doing this with a G series canon and there didn't appear to be any particular reason for doing so (like taking advantage of the swivel lcd). Personally, I'm in the 'I like a viewfinder camp'. Maybe it has to do with using film cameras for such a long time.
From: M-M on 29 May 2010 16:30 In article <htrt4r$9cq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Dave Cohen <user(a)example.net> wrote: > I've seen people using the lcd finder on models that did have an optical > finder. And not only on lower end models, I saw someone doing this with > a G series canon and there didn't appear to be any particular reason for > doing so (like taking advantage of the swivel lcd). Personally, I'm in > the 'I like a viewfinder camp'. Maybe it has to do with using film > cameras for such a long time. You cannot shoot continuous on a moving subject (like birds or airplanes flying) without an optical VF. -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com
From: Ofnuts on 29 May 2010 16:33 On 29/05/2010 22:30, M-M wrote: > You cannot shoot continuous on a moving subject (like birds or airplanes > flying) without an optical VF. Indeed. And it makes me wonder why the EVF cameras have got a burst shooting mode... -- Bertrand
From: Alfred Molon on 29 May 2010 17:20 Optical viewfinders in compact cameras are next to useless and optical viewfinders in APS-S DSLRs are not that great. Personally I have no problem with cameras which have no viewfinder. -- Alfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site
From: David Ruether on 29 May 2010 17:38
"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message news:4c015370$0$1646$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > Heh. A few days ago I was with a bunch of school kids in a cave and > took some pictures. The only illumination was their flashlights, and > the only way I could take pictures was to set the camera on a rock and > do a five second exposure. Since it was so dark viewfinders (both > kinds) were next to useless, but since it was an SLR I could see where > the lens was pointed. > -- > Ray Fischer With the Sony 707 (and 717), so long as the items of interest were not too distant for the camera's built-in IR illumination, the camera could be set up for viewing in the dark with IR, but switching to color at the instant of shooting (with flash). It worked well...;-) --DR |