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A tiny and personal test of some EVF

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timo Veteran Member • Posts: 5,927
My experience FWIW ...
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My experience of OVFs in the digital age goes up to and includes the Pentax K-5.

After that, and to complement the Pentax:

Fuji X30 (fixed lens): EVF not the biggest but perfectly OK. Never needed to focus manually though.

M4/3:

Panasonic GX7 and other Panasonics with that form factor: not great - field sequential colour (or whatever it's called), not over-large magnification, and insufficient eye-relief.

Panasonic GX8: Excellent - EVF very large and I mean big, clear and easy to use with glasses.

Olympus OM5 iii: Not that large but OK, with very good eye relief.

FF:

I haven't tried the Sony A7-3 - Sonyphiles say the EVF is fine: the DPR review said it was a bit on the small side. I would like to try it. That camera seems to be the most compact FF option.

I used to be suspicious of EVFs: some are still better than others but as a product category I wouldn't shy away from one on principle.  And if you're using old Pentax lenses, having focus peaking and the real-time histogram through the viewfinder is fantastic.

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