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A tiny and personal test of some EVF

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
John McMillin Contributing Member • Posts: 738
Re: A tiny and personal test of some EVF
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My big disappointment with EVFs is always dynamic range in bright scenes. Even the latest Nikon showed this problem. Aimed at the camera shop door, it can't simultaneously show me what's outside in sunlight and what's hiding in the shadows inside. Now that's an extreme example that might not make a good photo, but I know I'll face the same contrasts working in my locale during a sunny day. The camera's sensor and processing can handle all those stops,14 by some measure, but the EVF can't, so it would leave me shooting blind. I don't think this will get better soon, because it would require brighter illumination in the EVF than most people need most of the time.

Methinks the popularity of EVF cameras coincides with large increases in sensor sensitivity, which have made night photography much easier. Witness the wedding I attended last month, shot by a pro with mirrorless Canon and no flash, which was indoors in a dimly-lit building. You'd want an EVF there; I used my GX8 to grab some casual portraits. But on a bright day in the mountains, that very good EVF robs me of true color and detail, leaving only the midtones visible

Call me old-fashioned or just old, but I don't get off taking a picture of a picture.

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