Dan' de Bourgogne

hahaha! 100% correct! Last year, before I decided to buy a "beloved" D7200, I spent several months to read forums ans reviews and User's guide of the camera! So, the day i decided to buy it, I was aware what is possible and what not...Everyone is different...

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

It’s one of the things I don’t like about an EVF. I’m indoors with my Fuji shooting manual with a flash and of course the viewfinder is too dark to compose. I change the menu from exposure simulation mode, and the next time I use the camera in normal lighting (manual again), the first few shots are overexposed because I didn’t turn it on. Fortunately I “chimp” regularly and realized the issue, but still sort of a PIA. One answer is for the EVF to automatically to turn off exposure simulation when a flash is enabled and revert when the flash is off. Not an issue with an OVF.

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“Learning Photography” is one thing and learning the gear is yet another thing. Knowing, or learning, that cameras have two very different viewing modes is not “learning photography”.

It’s akin to learning to watch the rewind knob to confirm that a 35mm cassette is properly loaded. You could know your photography inside out, with roll film and cut film, yet your first roll of 35mm could be 36 blanks cuz the film wasn’t properly hooked up.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Like you just did, when I'm interested (window shopping) in a potential camera, I download the manual & breeze through it, then again & again. Nic e to see some of the features or lack thereof beforehand.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

yep BebuLamar is right

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

I’ve assigned it to a function button. I turn it on and off all the time.

BebuLamar

I think I would have to do that too if I use a mirrorless camera but I don't have a mirrorless camera.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

That’s what I did also (after my initial learning experience)

Capn_Dave

I am not sure what Olympus bodies you have but here is some info on the OM-D that sy ays oyu can
https://thedigitalstory.com/2015/11/fine-tuning-your-electronic-viewfinder.html

Hip Coyote

I only shoot Oly and I turn this feature in and off frequently. Very helpful in real dark situations.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Manuals are now over 900 pages and really not very scintillating reads. They’re reference material. I can learn enough about a camera without reading the manual to make a purchase decision.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Going one further would be to set one of your custom settings as a flash setting and including it in that.

drzuvela Loc: Croatia

In fact, I have found that all mirrorless brands introduced one quite important difference in compare to SLR/DSLR design. It is the way how lens aperture behaves in one or other case.
With SLR/DSLR lens is always full open. It is clossing to preset value in moment of triggering. Mirror goes up, aperturer closing to preset valu, I that moment we see dark anyway. This is important because that way maximum light is passed to optical viewfinder how photographer can better see and better focus if doing it manually. But also this way more light is passed to AF sensors too.
(I beleive that fast lenses are invented because of this at the first place)
Suddenly with mirrorless designers desided to close aperture proportionally as it is set by camera or photoghrapher. Interestingly, Sony closing aperture all the way fully closed, Nikon Z closing up to 5.6,don't know what Canon do. Then they do short mimic openning aperture shortly doing measurements and AF. If flash is used aperture is probably closed accordingly. Those are the reasons while we don't see anything in low light condition. Then they left us option to turn "real view" off, electrically amplifying signal for better see.
Using slow lenses in low light doesn't help either(but that is not news) just saying how problem becomes greater.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

👍👍 Good idea.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

That is not at all the issue. You could be shooting wide open with flash and still have the problem. The problem is that the default is for the EVF to show the exposure based on your settings. Those settings are based on the light including the flash. Since there is no flash until you take the shot it looks dark.