I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

Roland Karlsson wrote:

GossCTP wrote:

Roland Karlsson wrote:

Sjak wrote:

If (in my opinion) something else is at least as badas the K-1 manual, this implies the K-1 is not the worst The reason for mentioning the K-1 manual: I assumed that for the users here, a Pentax-manual might be a more useful reference than e.g. mentioning a Fuji-manual.

So an accusation of product bashing is unfounded.

But we were talking EVF's, and how nice these have become in recent years, and what differences there are between OVF and EVF.

The manual discussion started when I asked what en EVF really do. Something I cannot find in manuals. I am totally serious. It do not tell. You just have to assume it do somethin sensible.

Some people say that with an EVF you can see the the picture as it is recorded.

Then I ask: can you?

So, if I set the camera on 5 stops under exposure, then the EVF is black? Is that so? Maybe it is, the manual do not tell.

And actually, there is a similar situation for auto programs. What do they do? The manual do absolutely not not tell. And what do multi zone exposure metering do? Not a word about that.

The manual is good for finding all settings and what they "do". But, if the settings are complex, the manual say nothing.

I can't say for other cameras, but with my Fuji X-H1, you select the behavior. If you are shooting with flash, then the feature needs to be turned off so the viewfinder isn't black while composing.

Nice

I guess "the feature" is "see image as recorded" or is it "OVF simulation" ?

Fuji calls it exposure preview. It can be assigned to a button toggle it without menu diving. I wouldn't think of it as OVF simulation, as it is nothing like using an ovf in that mode. When the preview is turned off, it basically divorces the exposure settings from the EVF brightness. The EVF will display the same scene as if the preview was turned on and the meter was set to the proper exposure. This means that it will still show a bright EVF in dark ambient conditions, even if it is set to -ev values for flash photography.