A tiny and personal test of some EVF

Hello Roland Karlsson

Roland Karlsson wrote:

RBIV wrote:

Interesting review, thanks for sharing this experience.

My understanding is the Z6ii and Z7ii use the same viewfinder, and the following is from the DPR review of the Z6ii. So, I'm not sure what was going on with the Z6 you tested.

Yes, it is strange. But - they had different lenses. The Z7 II had the 20/1.8 and the Z6 II had a zoom lens. My experience is that EVF suffers for long focal lengths, where the image is moving fast.

One thing that was VERY clear though was that the finder in Z6 II was totaly off before he resetted the camera.

"The viewfinder in the Z6 II is the same 3.68M-dot OLED as in the original model (and the Z7/II). Nikon points out that the optics and coatings are of its own design and says it's decreased both the refresh lag and the blackout time between shots."

I keep hoping one of my Sony shooting friends would upgrade to an A1 because I'd really like to look thru that viewfinder, a 9.44M-dot OLED at 0.9 magnification.

I'm actually ok with the low end 2.36M OLED finder in the Zfc, and yes, the Z6ii I've used is better, but even now a 3.68M finder is something of a mid-quality unit, so the EVFs are definitely getting better.

I am really no expert for this, but to my mind:

The 20 F1.8 let a lot light on the sensor -> the EVF can displayed the sensors info with a low gain (let's say ISO setting)

with the zoom lens, and when it was not a fast one, the sensor got less light -> the EVF must displayed the sensors info with a higher gain (let's say with a higher ISO and do to that with more noise). I think when you are outside you see no different (the ISO niveau is per se lower), but maybe because of the room light in the shop (where the ISO niveau is per se higher) you maybe saw just this gain-'ISO' different between this two cameras EVF.

BTW: when with the 20 f1.8 lens you use AF-C....the camera stop down the lens to (I think f3.6) so that in low light scenes the EVF should look a little different (with a little more noise) as when you are in AF-S, where the lens stay at full open.

best regards. KPM2