Mirrorless question
Aug 17, 2018 00:17:07 #
burkphoto wrote:
By LCD I'm assuming you mean a panel on the back o... (show quote)
This is expert advice.
Aug 17, 2018 00:18:17 #
MT Shooter wrote:
"Mirrorless" LITERALLY means there is NO through the lens viewing capability. No mirror, no SLR.
You say that like it is a bad thing?
Aug 17, 2018 00:23:29 #
mizzee wrote:
Olympus OMD e-Mark 5 II. I adore this camera. I loved my Nikon, but I love this one more.
I resemble that remark!
Aug 17, 2018 00:31:39 #
Vern L wrote:
There are two major disadvantages to EVF's: They are poor in bright light and they are poor with moving subjects, such as sports or grandkids.
First EVFs are superior in bright light over DSLR LCDs, because looking through the eyepiece shuts out ambient bright light. And second The EVF shows you a WYSIWYG view of what the image will look like when you press the shutter, including color (with appropriare camera settings). Is this a bad thing?
Re moving subjects, this was a big problem years ago but technology has move ahead and it it not as much of a concern today.
Sep 1, 2018 12:38:59 #
Good discussion. I have an Olympus Pen-F mirrorless, as a more transportable (by airplane travel) than my FF DLSR. The main issue I have with the EVF is the lag. If I want to shoot two photos quickly, I have to wait for the "frozen" image in the viewfinder to disappear. Even though I adjusted the hold time to zero. I imagine it is "frozen" while saving to the SD card. So I bought a faster SD card, 80MP/s write card, but the problem, although better, is still there. Often I miss the second shot. The DSLR viewfinder does not pose this problem. JimR
Sep 1, 2018 16:53:37 #
HarryBinNC
Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA
Vern L wrote:
There are two major disadvantages to EVF's: They are poor in bright light and they are poor with moving subjects, such as sports or grandkids.
Two misstatements that could have applied to EVFs a few years ago, but certainly do not apply to today's high-end mirrorless cameras. Every time the discussions re EVF vs OVF come up in this in and other forums, there always have to be a few disgruntled luddites that persist in bashing EVFs who are either clueless or are deliberately presenting "facts" that have no basis in reality. As my Granny used to say to her sometimes prevaricating grandkids - "you are full of prunes".
Sep 1, 2018 17:03:00 #
JimRPhoto wrote:
Good discussion. I have an Olympus Pen-F mirrorl... (show quote)
On my GH4, I can turn "Auto Review Time" completely OFF. (The setting is called 'OFF'.) Does the Pen-F have that option?
Sep 1, 2018 21:09:41 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
JimRPhoto wrote:
Good discussion. I have an Olympus Pen-F mirrorl... (show quote)
I could be wrong, but you may need to turn your picture review setting to "off", not just short, to get to where you want to go. I like to shoot a little slower and have kept my review setting on but short. There was a time that I set my former E-M5 to review "off" and it was just like shooting film again except no blackout. No review of what you shot until later. Just a continuous "video" in the viewfinder of what you are shooting. After a while, I realized that was not what I needed or wanted anymore. If the camera was set for high speed shooting and review, I would still see imaging in the viewfinder similar to film days. And with Pro Capture, there is very little worry about ever missing a shot.
Sep 1, 2018 22:45:56 #
Hello Fellow UHH'ers who commented. I did discover the way to turn off the preview altogether. Even though I did that several months back, there is still a lag. Not a long one, but enough to prevent following the subject for a second shot. Like a granddaughter swimming in a competition in a pool. When you can again see the subject area, she has moved on and you have to "reacquire" the subject. Now most of my photography is not sports, but rather architectural, street scenes, landscape, where this presents no problem at all. I only point it out because it is different than a DSLR, (and SLR) which I've been using for many many years. JimR.
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