TG-6 cosistenly overexposus

RetCapt wrote:

Have you given any thought to using a Hoodman Loupe?

I have indeed, and I did consider getting one. But, frankly, I find the original too costly, like 3x a ClearViewer.

So in the meantime I went with a cheap rubber hood that has a very simple fixed lens incorporated (can't be detached, hence I won't be able to lose it). That's what I have been using in bright conditions so far, and it does help a lot.

The hood comes with a frame that is supposed to be glued (argh) around the LCD screen, but (luckily) there isn't enough room on the TG-6 for that. Theoretically, one would hook the rigid frame at the base of the hood into the rigid frame on the camera when needed. I left off all frames, instead, as the rubber hood can be placed over the screen and held in place with my eye/forehead when composing. Works quite nicely, and the hood can then be simply dropped anytime because it hangs from my neck on a lanyard. Also, without the frames I can also use it with the screens on other cameras to review shots when in plain sun.

Still, I think the TG-6 will be my very last camera without a viewfinder.

Someone in the other thread about TGs and lack of viewfinders wondered if it has something to do with one's eye colour. I have no idea, have never researched that possibility, but they may have a valid point. I have light blue eyes, and even in younger years, when my eyesight was still exceptionally sharp, I had serious problems with viewfinder-less cameras, or reading while at the beach, for that matter.