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What is the advantage of an optical viewfinder over an electronic viewfinder?

Started 5 months ago | Discussion thread

happysnapper64

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Re: What is the advantage of an optical viewfinder over an electronic viewfinder?

In reply to sjgcit, 5 months ago

sjgcit wrote:

An optical viewfinder feels like a natural extension of your vision. An EVF does not.

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Agree. It just seems the natural way to do it. Bit like looking through the telescopic sight of a rifle.

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What is the advantage of an optical viewfinder over an electronic viewfinder?	river251	5 months ago
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EVF vs. OVF comparison	Alphoid	5 months ago	1
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Try dSLT	Alphoid	5 months ago
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