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Does your LCD screen flash when focusing with the R5?

Started Nov 28, 2020 | Discussions thread
CWaterston
CWaterston Regular Member • Posts: 482
Re: Does your LCD screen flash when focusing with the R5?

Deak wrote:

Has anyone found the cause for this yet?

I have not, but it seems to happen only when light levels are low, suggesting that somehow the camera's electronic viewfinder (EVF) is responding to the camera's attempt to adjust metering, even when the focus assist beam is turned off.

I would think that this behavior should be categorized as a bug, since the EVF itself could not possibly be assisting the camera's metering. I suppose you could argue that the EVF is "reflecting" everything that the camera sees and for that reason the flashing is appropriate. But if that were the case, why wouldn't the EVF also flash when light levels were higher?

This behavior happens with both the R and R5, by the way.

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