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Gonna get my first digicam and have a viewfinder
question. Apparently the optical viewfinders on P&S digital cameras are .......... not so great. Meantime.......... Lots of folks say they wouldn't even consider a camera without an optical viewfinder. Meantime........ I've seen more than a few posts now where people don't even use the viewfinder anymore. They just use the display. I'm wondering if there are folks out there who thought they just had to have an optical viewfinder, yet have ended up not even using it. thanks |
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I'm wondering if there are folks out there who
thought they just had to have an optical viewfinder, yet have ended up not even using it. You're probably more likely to find people who think the opposite. Putting your eye to a viewfinder blocks out all distractions. You get to concentrate completely on your framing, and will invariably take better shots. It's easier to do a quick point and shoot with a LCD display, but to do the job properly you should be using a viewfinder. -- a href="http://www.derekfountain.org/"Derek Fountain/a on the web at http://www.derekfountain.org/ |
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Unless you want to know absolutly every thing on the edges the
viewfinders on the three or four point and shoots I've used have been fine. If you need to get that last person wedged into a group shot use the LCD. For most of your photographs the viewfinder would be faster and more stable, three points are always better than two. The arched back, hands streached out just isn't a stable pose. Tom |
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"tomm42" wrote in message oups.com... Unless you want to know absolutly every thing on the edges the viewfinders on the three or four point and shoots I've used have been fine. If you need to get that last person wedged into a group shot use the LCD. For most of your photographs the viewfinder would be faster and more stable, three points are always better than two. The arched back, hands streached out just isn't a stable pose. Tom If not using macro mode, I use the viewfinder, fill up to edge if necessary knowing I'm only seeing maybe 90% of the lcd display. For close ups I allow a little more space above a head. This all becomes very automatic, I leave the display off when shooting but give a quick check after taking the shot. On canon, keeping the shutter pressed will retain the lcd image. Dave Cohen |
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oups.com... Gonna get my first digicam and have a viewfinder question. Apparently the optical viewfinders on P&S digital cameras are .......... not so great. Meantime.......... Lots of folks say they wouldn't even consider a camera without an optical viewfinder. Meantime........ I've seen more than a few posts now where people don't even use the viewfinder anymore. They just use the display. I'm wondering if there are folks out there who thought they just had to have an optical viewfinder, yet have ended up not even using it. thanks A lot of those you see posting that they won't consider a camera without an optical viewfinder are talking about SLR type cameras. When you compare the optical viewfinder in, say, a Nikon D200 or Canon 5D to electronic viewfinder of a Sony R1, you'll see why. Compared to the "optical" viewfinder on my Casio ZX50, however, the Sony's is much better. And, with a DSLR, you have no choice but to use the optical viewfinder, there is no live preview on the LCD. Something I, for one, do not miss. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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With my A1 of course thats all you had, with my digital P&S I rarely use
the viewfinder, maybe 10 times out of 1000+. I need the lcd for proper manual exposure and find it better overall except bright sun. I have a 2.5" screen and would find anything smaller harder to use. 3" would be best. |
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wrote in message I'm wondering if there are folks out there who thought they just had to have an optical viewfinder, yet have ended up not even using it. thanks I like the optical. Easier to hold the camera steady, less movement when framing a shot, and probably a preference from 40+ years of using film cameras. For close-ups, the display can be easier. |
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"m Ransley" wrote in message
... With my A1 of course thats all you had, with my digital P&S I rarely use the viewfinder, maybe 10 times out of 1000+. I need the lcd for proper manual exposure and find it better overall except bright sun. I have a 2.5" screen and would find anything smaller harder to use. 3" would be best. No doubt. I just got a little Casio EX-Z50, I think I've used the "viewfinder" maybe twice since I got it. Pretty useless. It has a 2" LCD, which is ok, I'm used to looking at the 1.8" one on my 20D, the 2.5" LCD on my 5D is a revelation! -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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