Camera LCD Screen
Oct 24, 2019 06:26:54 #
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture. I’m outdoors a lot and find that I can’t see the screen due to the glare. Any suggestions?
Oct 24, 2019 06:41:07 #
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Oct 24, 2019 07:20:58 #
Why check the LCD screen? I never check the LCD screen unless I'm using a tripod. I use the EVF on my mirrorless. I have all the info I need there and can view the playback without having to put my glasses on to see the LCD screen.
Oct 24, 2019 07:30:20 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
repleo wrote:
Why check the LCD screen? I never check the LCD screen unless I'm using a tripod. I use the EVF on my mirrorless. I have all the info I need there and can view the playback without having to put my glasses on to see the LCD screen.
That's all well and good. Perhaps he has an OVF instead an EVF. And, maybe he likes Chimping. Even the pros Chimp once in awhile. I do occasionally.
Oct 24, 2019 07:31:13 #
Oct 24, 2019 07:41:19 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
warzone wrote:
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture. I’m outdoors a lot and find that I can’t see the screen due to the glare. Any suggestions?
I have this problem with my smartphone in daylight. I have found sunglasses work a little bit. Or, angling your camera about 45 degrees sometimes. I've have used my hand as a shield too. There are various devices you can buy to shield the LCD. I have a LCD screen shield for my Sony pocket camera. It has a 3-way fold. But, it won't work on my Nikon DSLR. Other uhh members will come up with a solution. And, you don't want to spend a lot of money either.
Oct 24, 2019 08:18:43 #
I just check occasionally to see if the shot turned out how I wanted it to be.
I adjust if necessary.
If I can't see a ton of detail in the image due to bright sun, oh well.
A benefit not available for film.
I adjust if necessary.
If I can't see a ton of detail in the image due to bright sun, oh well.
A benefit not available for film.
Oct 24, 2019 08:30:54 #
Oct 24, 2019 09:59:45 #
warzone wrote:
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture. I’m outdoors a lot and find that I can’t see the screen due to the glare. Any suggestions?
What are you checking? What are you checking for? The only things you can 'see' with confidence on the LCD are the blinking of the highlight warnings and the position of the histogram, two things you can see on any size LCD in most every light. Sometimes the crop is important, but if the light situation won't let you see that, just step back (or forward) or adjust the zoom and keep shooting.
Oct 24, 2019 11:47:33 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
warzone wrote:
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture....
Who is suggesting that?
About the only times I may be "checkin' the screen before takin' the shot" would be when shooting macro or architecture or landscapes. In those cases I'd likely have the camera on a tripod and may be tethered to a larger screen on a phone or a pad.
With some cameras, you have to use the screen to compose the shot.... cameras that don't have some type of viewfinder.
I suppose a "dark cloth" could be used to view the screen in bright light conditions, much the way we used one with large format film cameras.
Image: Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts
However, if your camera has a viewfinder, for most types of photography use that and forget the screen most of the time. Use the LCD screen to "chimp" your images, after you've taken them!
If your camera doesn't have a viewfinder, there may be an accessory one available for it. Even if none is available, it may be possible to rig up a simple "sports finder".
Oct 24, 2019 12:08:12 #
warzone wrote:
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture. I’m outdoors a lot and find that I can’t see the screen due to the glare. Any suggestions?
I never heard that before, I don't know why you would check the LCD screen before taking a picture.
Oct 24, 2019 12:30:14 #
Mac wrote:
I never heard that before, I don't know why you would check the LCD screen before taking a picture.
I don't.
That would imply live view for my camera.
I check the results afterward sometimes though.
Oct 24, 2019 12:55:14 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't.
That would imply live view for my camera.
I check the results afterward sometimes though.
That would imply live view for my camera.
I check the results afterward sometimes though.
Yes.
Oct 24, 2019 13:50:53 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
warzone wrote:
A lot of suggestions are made to check your LCD screen before actually taking the picture. I’m outdoors a lot and find that I can’t see the screen due to the glare. Any suggestions?
You never said what Brand and Model your camera is. I was assuming you have a DSLR. Probably not. I realized there are some point and shoot cameras, that do not have a viewfinder. One being one that I own, and bought 4 years ago. The Nikon L840 Bridge camera. You have to frame your image first, on the LCD screen, before taking the photo. It has the tiny 1/2.3" sensor, and no dial mode. Everything is controlled in the menu. I don't use that camera much nowadays. I mostly use my Nikon DSLR, and Sony pocket camera.
Oct 24, 2019 14:26:18 #
mas24 wrote:
You never said what Brand and Model your camera is... (show quote)
With no viewfinder, wouldn't one have to check the LCD?
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