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M100 and no viewfinder

Started Feb 12, 2020 | Discussions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: M100 and no viewfinder
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I grew up with cameras with viewfinders (film SLR's), and, like you, used to think of real cameras as having viewfinders you hold up to your eyes. I still have a DSLR (7DII), but do almost all my shooting with an M (M6II). Since getting my first M, the original, I have become more and more used to, and appreciative of, shooting with the screen. The tilting screen of the M6 (my second M) opened up whole new worlds for me. Now I much prefer shooting with the screen, and even though I have the EVF for my M6II, I only use it with long lenses. The assumption that eye-level shooting with a viewfinder is somehow the norm is just an artifact of the popularity of SLR's and rangefinders, from the 1950's through the 1990's. I have found my shooting to be much more enjoyable, and varied, now that I'm not locked in to the camera-to-the-eye perspective.

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