Electronic View Finders and glasses
Jul 9, 2015 20:09:14 #
Mogul wrote:
The auto shutoff works every time on my Sony a6000 - and I always wear glasses.
Same for me. I have the Sony A55, A57, A99 and A6000. (And had a Sony A100 that my daughter now uses). I wear glasses, and there is absolutely no problem whatsoever.
Jul 9, 2015 22:29:07 #
jethro779 wrote:
It still does not explain the "Electronic" part of it. He wants to know why it is called Electric.
Because it's not Optical.... dufuss !
If we were still in the 50s "electronic" could be viewed as a "selling" point.....but this is 2015....age of "digital" and "iThis" and "ithat" ..."Wifi" "Tablet" ......"Android" Stuff ! :XD:
Jul 9, 2015 22:35:33 #
Jul 10, 2015 01:40:34 #
jethro779 wrote:
It is just some way for a camera maker to get more money for his camera.???????
That was a crass and totally useless comment. If you can't keep with the serious nature of the thread, perhaps you can contribute something meaningful - your absence!
Jul 10, 2015 10:31:50 #
sidney wrote:
Yes I know it's a viewfinder (been in photography 45 years)
but whats with the ELECTRONICS of it. ??
but whats with the ELECTRONICS of it. ??
A view finder in a traditional SLR is optical. The image comes
through the lens hits the mirror is reflected up into the prism
and then through the lens you know as the viewfinder.
With an EVF there is no mirror or prism, and what you see when
you look into the viewfinder is the image represented on a little
LCD display.... like the one on the back of a point and shoot but much smaller.
Jul 10, 2015 16:50:48 #
Jul 11, 2015 00:24:24 #
sidney wrote:
The 45 years means I know what a viewfinder is by now.
sidney wrote:
Yes I know it's a viewfinder (been in photography 45 years)
but whats with the ELECTRONICS of it. ??
but whats with the ELECTRONICS of it. ??
You may know what a viewfinder is, but you seem to be having some trouble with the difference between an Optical Viewfinder and an EVF. If this is the problem, perhaps we can clarify the difference. Please advise. Thank you.
Jul 11, 2015 12:17:48 #
Jul 11, 2015 13:21:10 #
wasatch wrote:
The other day I was in Best Buy and decided to look through an electronic view finder. I was surprised that with my glasses on the view finder wouldn't turn on when I tried to look through it. Taking my glasses off and looking again the view finder turned on. Has anybody else experienced this or was this just a fluke?
Until recently I wore tri-focals, now I wear progressive lenses.
I never take my glasses off to take photos.
I've been using the Oly E-M1 since not very long after it was released, and as soon as I bring my eye up to the EVF, the image shows in there. Pull my face back (or the camera away from my face), and the viewfinder goes black again.
Jul 11, 2015 14:11:26 #
jethro779 wrote:
It still does not explain the "Electronic" part of it. He wants to know why it is called Electric.
Electronic, as in LCD flat screen TV, compared to the range finders that were small 1:1 lenses, looking directly at the images.
Jul 12, 2015 00:09:42 #
sidney wrote:
Yes please clarify that for me.
Thanks.
Thanks.
OPTICAL: An actual view of the scene, possibly the result of reflection and/or refraction, but unaltered and live. Subject to darkening if viewed through a stopped-down aperture.
ELECTRONIC: A view resulting from observation of an electronic image of the scene, subject to delay and/or in-camera alteration. This is one of the reasons a photographer might be capable of viewing a brightened version of a scene that will be taken through a stopped-down shutter thereby observing the effects of DoF without the darkening as observed in older SLR DoF preview modes.
Neither viewfinder requires viewing through any kind of lens.
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