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Old June 16th 07, 10:43 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.point+shoot
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Default Trouble seeing LCD display in sunshine, any suggestions ?

On 2007-06-15, wrote:
I am having considerable difficulty seeing the LCD displayon the back
of my Sony in bright sunshine. I am having to take multiple shots at
varying angles guessing that my subject is nicely framed or not cut
off, and still I wind up losing the shot I wanted to take because I
couldn't properly see what the display is showing. The viewfinder is
next to useless for me as well. I am wondering if anyone here has
experienced and solved a similar problem. I am thinking of perhaps
some kind of polarizing tape or film I can put over the LCD that will
help me see it better.


I have been known to improvise a sort of eye-level 'viewing hood' using a
cheap 2" slide viewer; remove the part that holds the slide (some models
have that part easily removable) and use the magnifier and rest of the
gadget to let you view the screen almost like a traditional view-finder,
with most of the glare from sunlight eliminated. Something along the same
lines but made of stiff cardboard and a small magnifying glass might be
neater; experiment ) (My inspiration was the viewing hood of a
roll-film twin-lens reflex camera).

There are a few 'hoods' on the market, which claim to make the LCD screen
easier to use, but I'm not convinced by them and I haven't seen one with a
magnifier built in.

This problem is one that compact digicam makers need to address; it annoys
everyone I know who has ever tried to use such a camera in broad daylight.
An optical viewfinder should help, but on those few compacts so equipped
that I've tried, the optical viewfinder is very small and not very accurate
- and of course you still can't see any of the 'menus' or other
information on the LCD.

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