I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

philzucker wrote:

Roland Karlsson wrote:

I have a question for you that have used modern system cameras with EVF.

In my mind I see three possibilities
1. The view finder might try to show a usable picture, so you can see it and can frame as good as possible. Maybe with possibility to make the image darker and lighter.

My Sony MILCs have the option to behave like that, and my Oly M10 Mark II has it as default mode.

2. The view finder might try to emulate an OVF, i.e. if it is darker outside, it is also darker in the EVF. Maybe with the possibility to make the image darker or lighter.

If you look through an OVF at a dark scene your pupils widen, you gather more light and can make out more detail in the dark areas. But since most EVFs (as least those I have) have limited DR, an equally dark EVF probably would loose detail in the shadows that couldn't be recovered by a widened pupil; so a 1:1 OVF emulation/simulation wouldn't be a good idea. That said my Oly has an OVF simulation mode, but this does not really mimick an OVF; what it does is that it increases dynamic range (lightens shadows & darkens highlights) so you see more detail in contrasty scenes.

3. The view finder might try to show what you actually get, i.e. if you under expose the image, then it is dark in the view finder.

My Sonys do that in default mode.

Phil

Thanx Phil.

What I really want to know is how a Canon Rn or Nikon Zn does it.

NOTE - I am really, really, really annoyed at the camera makers not telling how their EVF works. What is so secret about it?