A tiny and personal test of some EVF

JeremieB wrote:

Jeremie,

Thanks for your thoughts - I do appreciate your point of view(s).

It's getting to long so I'm going just for the following:

The interest (for those who like it of course) of an OVF is that what you see is almost the same scene as what you would see with your naked eyes,

true - so if you don't use extreme lenses then you remember with your naked eye.

except that a little light was lost for AF system, it went through the lens, and of course it's cut to fit the (almost) same frame as what the sensor will get, the last 2 items being desirable (well, unless you prefer rangefinders of course).

What happens next, when you press the shutter, is the capture, and it's similar whatever the camera and tech. But with an EVF the "real" scene is banned and you only have access to what is captured by the sensor, with a predefined (and usually configurable) development. Maybe one day sensors and screens will have same characteristics as our eyes and brains, meanwhile there will always be a difference.

At least between our brains.     (yours and mine and ...)

And there are colors.

Of course no camera records colors perfectly, not even talking about WB.

But if I look through my OVF, then at the result, I can think "ok, what happened to these reds ? Let's try something else".

Sure - you can try your best and should feel good with your result.

But if you look around, then most of the time colors are 'enhanced', they shall 'pop' etc.

Most of the time we do it to our liking (or that of customers or some kind of community).

Only you know the 'true' color (with or without the WB of your brain).

I think true color would be a physical measurement without any human feeling - it wouldn't even be color - just a wavelength-pattern. (And a statistic how many people see the same color at a wavelength or a deviation of it.)

Through EVF, I may not even realize there was any problem with the reds because "what I see on the screen is not really what I could get but who cares". Maybe I could have made a better capture, but I won't even try because I'm not aware of it.

see above - the naked eye - except for extreme lenses

But all this is theory, and my initial answer was humor of course, but I like this kind of discussions so sorry about this What I really think ultimately is that it's possible to do wonders whatever the tech and gear, but enjoyment in doing so is our own. If you prefer EVFs you don't have to justify yourself - I don't either if I prefer OVFs.

Agree 100% - and thanks again for the discussion.