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M100 and no viewfinder

Started Feb 12, 2020 | Discussions thread
Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: It depends upon your eyesight.

jalywol wrote:

20 years ago, I had no problem whatsoever with a rear screen camera with no viewfinder, even using one of the teeny tiny (1.8") rear screens that they used to put on the early generation digital cameras.

However, about 15 years ago, when I was in my mid-40s, age related presbyopia set in, and from about 10 years ago on I simply could not see the rear screen well enough, even with my progressive lenses, to shoot the way I wanted to. So, for me, I must have an EVF. Sure, I do use the rear screen for some shooting, and current screens are quite good, but for more critical composition, or use in bright sun, or for reviewing images, for me an EVF is essential.

I find an EVF or even an OVF is a bit difficult to use with progressive lenses, as the viewfinder information tends to be in the close up part or the fuzzy bits either side of the sweet spot.  Bifocals may be a bit obvious but are generally sharper and easier to see the whole viewfinder with.  Newer and more expensive progressive lenses have larger sweet spots, but that's not always an advantage with a big viewfinder.  Taking your glasses off for the viewfinder can help if you're not too bothered about dropping them, getting hair grease on the lenses or are not too long-sighted or astigmatic.  It just gets miserable when your arms start getting too short.  Personally, I'm happy with my Varilux glasses for my EOS Ms, and bought bifocals for my EOS R and going out on photographic expeditions, but that's expensive.

Now, if I had the same eyesight I had when I was 40, I would be fine with a non-EVF camera. But, that's not how the cookie has crumbled

-J

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