Optical versus Electronic viewfinder. A new POLL!
Today Sony made it clear once again that electronic viewfinders are the future while Nikon stated they are committed to optical viewfinders. A year ago I asked if users would prefer Sony to make camera with optical viewfinder or if they bet on the new electronic viewfinder “philosophy” from Sony. And the results were more on less on par. But one year ago we only had that not so good viewfinder technology from the A55 as reference and today we have that super high quality OLED technology from the A77/NEX-7. I am curious to see if you changed your mind and if in your opinion Sony is betting on the right horse:
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JimDE
2 years ago |Remember also when digital hit the stage Nikon resisted that change too and at first fell well behind Canon who jumped into digital R&D and offered much more digital products.
What Nikon announced was predictable for Nikon. Hasselblad will be next
SonyA77
2 years ago |Nikon and Canon will sit on their laurels until it’s too late. They are dinosaurs who rely on brand awareness rather than innovation.
The electronics giants are going to be taking a huge bite of their market share over the next decade by flooding the market with mirror-less designs that do it smaller and cheaper.
lopi
2 years ago |Ahahahah! thank goodness Sony gives us real pro full-frame SLR ahah keep dreaming!
derek
2 years ago |Sooner or later that dream must end for Nikon and Canon:-)
jui
2 years ago |yea in 3014 Dc
egf
2 years ago |+1 Canon much better than crap sony
Cliff
2 years ago |Canon and NIKON aren’t going anywhere. Their bottom line is picture quality. They watch the industry very closely too. When they feel the time is right and mirrorless begins to affect their sales, they will jump in at that point.
Remember, Canon and NIKON won’t suddenly forget how to make future killer cameras.
Again…bottom line is picture quality for them. As long as they have that, they will do fine no matter what tech they use. Plus, they both have a fantastic lens fleet….don’t under estimate that either.
Gabriel
2 years ago |What is really missing is a FF entry level camera, not only for better High ISO IQ, but for better bokeh control. But i have a better chance to meet Santa Claus than seeing a 600$~700$ FF Eos camera
Carl
2 years ago |The Nikon D1 preceded the Canon D30. What Nikon didn’t predict at the time, and what Sony didn’t predict with the NEX (and, perhaps, what Minolta didn’t predict with the 7000AF) is that it’s the enthusiast section of the market that drives new technology, not the mass market or the working professionals.
Vivek
2 years ago |For me, starting with the Panasonic G1, it was adios OVF. It is not the future, it is here and now!
It took a while for Sony to play catch. I am glad that they have finally come to their senses.
rdoe
2 years ago |For now the A900 is still unriveled by the A77 EVF, which I do like very much! But if Sony releases an A99, they need to make a leap in EVF technology again as they did from the A55 to the A77. But with all the extra info etc. I will prefer a EVF, but for now the OVF of the A900 is still killing!
Ow jeah side note, please get rid of all bugs in the A77 and sluggish operation, this will be unacceptable in the A99.
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |Bugs and sluggish operation are unacceptable in the A77 too!
SonyA77
2 years ago |My A77 isn’t “sluggish” and I really have no idea what people go on about this for.
harpo
2 years ago |Nor I?
TA
2 years ago |The control dials lags, sometimes misses steps depending on how fast you turn.
Turning on the device is somewhat like loading software.
I like my A77 alot, just hope that Sony will eventually be able to sort out the bugs soon.
Sure like the EVF, especially for MF but there’s still lots of room for improvements.
sleek
2 years ago |+1 same here.
monkeyfacemcbride
2 years ago |My A77 is the same as well, much slower in operation than any of my previous alphas. I’m not sure what happened between the A55 and 77 but whereas my 55 is as responsive as my OVF alphas, the 77 is slllloooooowwww, even with FW1.04
redfern
2 years ago |Have you ever used an A700 or an A900? Those are fast, responsive cameras. When I rented an A77 to try out the new viewfinder and decide whether Sony was still the future for me, I was surprised to find that the viewfinder was not a problem at all – it took very little time to get used to and gave a lot of advantages.
But what really bothered me was how slow the camera felt in operation compared to the A700 I used to have. From the menus to the scroll wheels to the reviewing of pictures to how long it took to write to the card, it just seemed painfully slow, even with the latest firmware. It seems that if you’re going to double the pixel count, the buffer size and processor speed should increase so that it AT LEAST gives the same level of responsiveness as its predecessor. That’s just expected from the consumer side.
I really hope the responsiveness is better on the A99. I was looking forward to possibly using the A77 as a backup to my current cam (A850), but I won’t buy a new one until the sluggishness is addressed. In the meantime the A580 is working nicely as a backup (and feels more responsive than the A77).
Daniel
2 years ago |Don’t have the A77, but switched to A65 from D7000 for the EVF, love it but built quality and operation is nowhere near the D7K yet, had tried out the A77 as well but same comment on built and operation.
Brian
2 years ago |How about details on what you are seeing? Did you update the firmware?
Frosti7
2 years ago |+1
Jesse Lim
2 years ago |Couldn’t agree with you more~ My A850′s OVF simply beats the EVF on my A77. Yeah, the A77 is more feature-packed and has less noise than the A850, in the end of the day, detail rendering are simply sub-par even compared with the old A580.
There are too many modern day “Digital Artifacts” on the A77 details (fur-like- patterns) and less “film” and less “popped-out” like the old Sony DSLR used to offer.
Not to mention the A77 is simply sluggish at power up and shutting down. My age old A300 can perform power-ups and shutdown more fluidly than the A77.
Please, Sony, do get all the fundamental details right before jumping into techno-spree…
Steve
2 years ago |Why either or ? Why not a combination ? There are already lcd panels that can be clear, translucent, opaque, or solid so how long before vf’s are BOTH evf and ovf. This kind of “poll” is just flame-baiting.
JonasM
2 years ago |LCD was the old (A55), OLED is the new.
Steve
2 years ago |LCD and OLED are both evf/live view. I’m talking about a hybrid evf+ovf made possible by a new kind of mirror so cameras can be both slr and slt and effectively “mirrorless”. It’ll be for top of the range dslr first…
chris
2 years ago |electronic viewfinder is just looking at the liveview lcd or oled through a hole or box. that’s all.
Bard
2 years ago |I have had the A65 for 2 months now and never missed the OVF. I love seeing how setting changes will effect my photo. The technology is bound to improve but it’s pretty awesome already.
Mist
2 years ago |I like EVF which gives tons of useful information and it can be improved rapidly since it is electronic.
I am very happy with my a77, the only complain is its response, a 12fps high speed DSLT with a not that fast response, really a big shame.
No problem with its EVF and ISO at all.
OLED EVF on a77 is very good to me, but it is still can be improved a lot in both hardware and software respects. Keep going, Sony.
Mist
2 years ago |Nikon did state that, “However, EVF technology has improved greatly recently and if that pace of change were to continue Nikon may review its position in a few years time.”
The hybrid combination of phase and contrast detection auto-focus used in Nikon 1 is interesting. With the speed of phase detection and accuracy of contrast detection.
When focusing, it is based on phase detection. When reaching the focus point and just before it is locked, correction is done based on contrast detection.
They can’t use it on DSLR, hope Sony will use it on DSLT.
SonyA77
2 years ago |I would not go back to the OVF, simple as that.
Dan
2 years ago |EVF may well be where everything is going and for the consumer grade A77 it’s likely the best place to start. However, for whatever replaces the A900 such as an A950 I’m not too sure. It will have to be considerably better in all aspects in order to be taken as seriously as the A900 with its build, quality and pro-level heritage.
Sony has only one shot at a first impression to get it right in the pro market. They would be wise to disallow any marketing reps in the planning meetings for this crucial product.
SonyA77
2 years ago |The A77 isn’t “consumer grade”. Your pretentiousness is showing.
David
2 years ago |Yes it is..
It has some good pro features, but at the end of the day, its APS-C, and has those limitations.
Its still consumer grade, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it professionally
Carl
2 years ago |I don’t think sensor size itself can be used to determine whether something is pro or not, as the only artistic quality it really effects is depth of field. Modern APS sensors comfortably beat old medium format digital backs in terms of DR, ISO, etc.
That said, manufacturers rarely put their best technology into their APS models, but there’s no technical reason why that is the case, just a case of them stratifying their lineups.
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |Yes, it is. I’m a consumer, I ‘d like an A77, therefore it is.
What grade would you call it?
Jeff
2 years ago |Totally agree. If they can come up with a better viewfinder than what the a900 offers only then will I eat my words. I’m simply not convinced an electrical component can outperform the glass in an OVF and if the EVF gets buggy you’re gonna be bummed when out on a gig – something no pro will want to leave to chance.
Like you said, Dan, Sony needs to listen to the pros and not the marketers and general consumers.
SRL
2 years ago |Sony has different divisions within; some are consumer while others are marketed mainly to pros.
I the past (1985 – forward) the 9 & 8 series cameras including the a850 and a900 were marketed as professional featured and the 7’s like the Minolta 7000 and Sony a700 a little cheaper and less “professional”.
No, the a77 is a consumer camera
If not, then I see no reason for Sony to design and market a Alpha 8 or 9 series body.
I own a a850 and have never used a a77, but reading posts from people who I believe in, makes me believe that the current EVF is no replacement for the a900 viewfinder for most professional shooters needs.
buel
2 years ago |Sure, evf is the future, but the transculent mirror is not. Nikon proved to have the know how to make a mirrorless camera with phase detect af and without any kind of mirror.
I was a bit disapointed that Nikon didn’t use this know how for the D4.
passer-by
2 years ago |It is not workable on larger sensor, at least for now. I’m not surprised if Sony is the one who will make it happen.
buel
2 years ago |Phase detect af is not workable on larger sensors? Why not? Can’t see a reason. It might be a problem to spread af points all over the sensor because pd af is sensitive to the angle light comes in. But I don’t see why pd af on chip should be a problem in the manner as it is available in todays DSLRs.
Brian
2 years ago |I have the A900 and the A77 and I have to say there are many features I like about the EVF and I can see that this is most likely the future. But, the viewfinder on the A900 is the best I have seen so far for coverage. I use a Nikon D3x a little over the weekend and the viewfinder didn’t compare to my A900. I also have to say that in comparing similar images from the A77 crop sensor and the A900 full frame. Full Frame wins everytime in quality. Can’t wait for the A900 replacement. The A77 produces amazing video images, but in the still category it doesn’t compare to full frame images. Even the higher ISO quality is better on the older full frame than the A77. When Sony fixes the higher ISO noise issues they will finally be able to quiet the critics.
p.s. love the panoramic still feature on the A77
sleek
2 years ago |hybrid. i think camera makers can make like that of the screen on racing games such as gran turismo. here’s the details: viewfinders should still be OVF primarily with the heads up display like the speedometer and the map etc. in racing games will be that of the A, ISO, histogram etc. and with a flick of a switch (like that in the a300/a350) will turn into full EVF.
Technomad
2 years ago |Having had my NEX-7 for a little over a week now, I am completely convinced that the future is with the EVF.
derd
2 years ago |sony will be eat from fuji soon… sluggish poor plastic camera like a77 will beat out from iron fuji!
Ty
2 years ago |I love my OLED in the a77 but I have noticed what looks to be either a bug or 1 slow LED in the finder. It’s not all the time, which makes me think a bug but if it’s a dead pixel I guess this will be the cost of having OLED technology vs ovf over time.
JonasM
2 years ago |It likely is a damaged pixel. I get that on my iPhone screen (which I’ve dropped a trillion times) some instances a few pixels don’t display color.
obican
2 years ago |“Nikon stated they are committed to optical viewfinders.”
-From the company that produced its first 24/1.4 lens about 25 years after Canon
Carl
2 years ago |How many years after Nikon did Canon make their first 35/1.4, though? ’69 vs ’98.
I don’t think each manufacturer having identical lens lineups is a good thing, there are a lot of photographers with niche needs who are only served by one manufacturer.
I really wish Minolta had made a 24/1.4, though.
GunnarK
2 years ago |Todays poll indicates that Sony will sell much more system cameras than Nikon during some coming years…
“Nikon may review its position in a few years time.”
That will give time for companies like Sony, Panasonic, and perhaps later emerging Chinese companies to considerably strengthen their marketing positions instead.
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PaulB
2 years ago |While I can see that the EVF is part of the future, at present they are not quite good enough for me and my 50 Yr old eyes. I currently use an EVF on the Olympus EP-3 and yesterday I sent a fair amount of time using a Sony A77. Yes, the Sony EVF is better than the Oly, but it does not provide enough detail for critical manual focus; and focus peaking is not suitable for all subjects. Which for me would require relying on AF exclusively and using the EVF for composition.
PaulB
PaulB
2 years ago |While I can see that the EVF is part of the future, at present they are not quite good enough for me and my 50 Yr old eyes. I currently use an EVF on the Olympus EP-3 and yesterday I sent a fair amount of time using a Sony A77. Yes, the Sony EVF is better than the Oly, but it The current EVFs available do not provide enough detail for critical manual focus; and focus peaking is not suitable for all subjects. Which for me would require relying on AF exclusively and using the EVF for composition. Therefore, I still need an optical finder.
PaulB
Matt
2 years ago |You can zoom in the EVF to obtain critical focus, which you can’t ‘practically’ do with an OVF. I find my NEX-3 to be the fastest camera I have for manual focus. I can’t manual focus on OVF well at all without a manual focus screen.
PaulB
2 years ago |Matt
Ye, you can zoom in digitally for focus assist. I have owned a NEX-5 and used this feature often. Of the two settings the 7x is the most useful since it gives you the best compromise between field of view and truly looking at a small area of sensor pixels. Unfortunately, on the NEX-5 the combined pixel density between the sensor and the rear display was not high enough to give me what I felt was a good view of the image details; I just had to get it the best the combination could give. If I was working off a tripod this was usually okay.
Focus peaking was a big improvement over the zoom in focus assist feature. And it worked fairly well when shooting landscapes. The key for me was to have a subject that had edges and to focus with the lens wide open, then stop down. Though focus peaking also has limitations. The biggest limitations for me occurred when trying to photograph round and/or smooth objects. Since focus peaking is using edges to provide the contrast change and a round or smooth object, like a portrait, does not have many edges.
In the end I traded my NEX-5 for the EP-3 because of the shutter in the NEX-5 body. Over time I noticed that as long as I used flash with the NEX-5 I was happy with the results, they were worthy of using a Leica lens. But without flash, even if a tripod was used, the images were always a bit soft. Which I link to how the shutter works when the NEX-5 captures and image; the shutter closes, opens, and closes again with quite a bit of energy. Based on the new shutter Sony installed in the NEX-5N I must be correct. From what I have been reading the the NEX-5N is and improvement over the NEX-5.
Getting back to the subject of an EVF. While I think there is a lot of room for improvement, I do agree they are the future. Simply because they will make camera bodies much simpler mechanically. And, as time goes on they will get much better.
PaulB
PS. Even after all of the above, a NEX-7 is in my future. Simply because this is a good platform for bringing a lot of vintage lenses back to life.
John W
2 years ago |On one hand, quality optical viewfinders are simply gorgeous to use. On the other, Sony has shown the way to the EVF as a “what you see is what you get” experience. This is especially true for achieving critical focus, low-light composition, etc. EVFs also enable great tools like focus peaking and actual-pixels magnification, which dodge some serious limitations of DSLRs such as focus shift with fast lenses.
I don’t think optical viewfinders are going away anytime soon, but EVFs will probably become indispensable as their advantages become clearer.
Cristian P.
2 years ago |I think ” hybrid VF ” should be added to this poll. Admin ?
admin
2 years ago |Don’t think Sony will ever do that
asds
2 years ago |EVF ??? Sony is good only for making playstation lol
Maveric19
2 years ago |Pretty ignorant comment if you ask me. I have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t resist change at first and then has to play catch up.
egf
2 years ago |me lol
john
2 years ago |After 50+ years OVF’s can’t be improved.
EVF’s on the other hand can and in the very near future the ONLY thing an OVF will do better than an EVF is not consume power.
For all those togs who cannot frame a shot,check focus and DOF on anything BUT an OVF don’t worry.
Someone CaNikon/Pentax maybe a few others will continue to produce,on a very limited scale, OVF DSLR’s.
After all companies still make vinyl records and turntables to play them on,B&W TV’s,film cameras and horse drawn carriages.
Daemonius
2 years ago |Actually can.. take a look on Fuji X100. Sure camera itself (especially wierd FW and AF) are not that impressive, but that hybrid finder.
David
2 years ago |John, I totally agree
EVF are still new technology now. But imagine how good they can be.
With OVF you have practical limitations like the size of prism needed, the tolerances to manufacture/cut it to the right size. Aligning it properly etc. It all costs money and it’s why the a900 costs significantly more than the a850.
But EVF – it’s a circuit board and a tiny screen. That can just keep getting better.
Solo
2 years ago |the 850 and 900 finders are identical.
Daemonius
2 years ago |Unfortunately most ppl never saw 1Ds or A900 class OVF, so they cant judge much. Not mentioning things like OM-1 (hey I have small room right in the camera!
).
Next step could be electronic overlay via transparent display which could get best of both worlds.
Carl
2 years ago |Well the overlay idea isn’t a new one. Minolta had one in the 9xi, though the execution could have been better.
Clifton
2 years ago |Few have seen a FF DSLR OVF, but its very easy to find a ‘FF’ film SLR to play with, I had an old 7000AF with a 50mm 1.7 and my god, the view finder was HUGE compared to the A100 I had at the time. If you are using an A33/55, or any A3XX or A5XX, I would say DON’T look through a FF OVF, you will see just how much you are missing and its hard to go back!
to add my 2p, Sony have given us what has been said to be the best VF in any APS-C camera with the A77, its bigger and has more features than anything in direct competition but of course it isnt as good as a true FF finder. If Sony do the same again with the A99, gives us a bigger VF, that will give it some serious edge over the OVF dinosours
As for the poll, I find it very hard to vote against the EVF, even though I love the OVF, our decisions have been made for us by the big S and a vote against what is already written seems a little futile.
Carl
2 years ago |My 9000AF’s viewfinder is cramped and squinty compared to the A900′s one.
Cliff
2 years ago |EVF = yes…
translucent mirrors = no!
hanugro
2 years ago |I remember the old times when Nikon said they will only make DX (APS-C for digital SLR). They had to lick their word since Canon FF dominated pro photographer.
Matt
2 years ago |I do feel what most people are forgetting during this discussion is that they are comparing a crop sensor EVF to a full frame OVF. Try comparing the a77 EVF to something like a 7D (either Canon or Minolta
you don’t get that all engulfing view that you do out of a FF like a900, they are like looking through a windows at the end of a hallway.
The EVF in a77 (a65 and NEX-7 etc) is a lot larger. We haven’t seen an EVF for FF yet. I use a loupe on the back of my NEX-3 (because no VF option) and the view you get with that is MASSIVE! The resolution isn’t really up to it (though not too bad) but making that kind of size display with much higher resolution isn’t so hard.
I still love my FF OVFs, but I would happily trade it for a cheaper, larger EVF any day. If it is anything like using a loupe of a 3″ screen, but with 3-4x the resolution there will be no going back for me.
Zstan
2 years ago |Agreed. It’s the same when people compare the IQ of a77 with the likes of a900 and even medium format cameras.
Is it simply because the a77 beat the crap out of all the APSC cameras out there?
Sergei
2 years ago |I have a77/580 and use it along a850 as a second lens camera/back up. Totally wipes a580 in AF accuracy. Raw is fine to 3200 and as clean as a580. LR4 opens them clean. I feel that never software really brings the quality up. Video is clean with Final cut pro x too. A77 has never overheated when shooting video and is amazingly hand holdable during video recording with great sound. Try that with a580.
As for EVF vs OVF – there’s place for both in the future. EVF is super awesome on a77 and does amazing things that OVF can’t.
Mike Dougherty
2 years ago |Having used both a Nikon D7000 (OVF) and A77 (EVF), I still much prefer the OVF. I tried the A77 with 70-400 at a college football game and it is simply too difficult to follow a zig-zagging football player because the EVF only shows you where the football player has been, not where he is going. This is a fundamental problem with EVF and can’t be fixed with a software upgrade. Since I was dissatisfied with the EVF, I tried using the A77 again the next day at an arboretum where I was shooting closeups of flowers. The EVF isn’t quite precise enough to use for selective focus. As a result, I returned he A77. In all fairness, when you do get an image you want, the image quality is stunning.
fotowolf61
2 years ago |Sounds more like you did not have enough time to learn how to use the A77 properly. Shooting closeups: Nothing is currently better on the market than the A77 (you have to use fokus peaking, something not available with the competition). Follow the action: Use a proper setup for the EVF (turn off picture preview and turn-off picture effects and you wont miss something).
If you try to use a A77 without passing the learning curve and use it like another model from the competition you will fail. But the same happens with a Nik.. or Can.. when you switch from one supplyer to the other. You must take your time to learn how to use it.
But there is still room for lot of improvements for the A77, iff Sony is willing to delivery firmware updates in shorter cycles to keep the customers happy. @admin: any information on new firmware for A77?
adam
2 years ago |i own a a77 and a550..my personal view…EVF vs OVF…the winner is the LiveView Screen..for me perhaps..
Using LiveView gain me far better composition control, shooting angles, clearer and more accurate image (compared to EVF).
Using EVF/OVF in shooting is a trend in DSLR camera because the main leader in camera industry(canikon) really sucks with their Liveview screen..
passer-by
2 years ago |Couldn’t agree more – Canikon LV sucks!
Sol Sims
2 years ago |Well, I suspect the quality will get there with the EVF. But after a recent trip to my local electronics store and trying out the A77, I went home and ordered myself another A900. Sorry, but I prefer to see what is actually there in the shadows and highlights, and adjust my exposure accordingly.
David
2 years ago |Both has it own group of supporters. I will support which ever that is able to give better low light performance.
VanHammersly
2 years ago |There’s no reasonable doubt that EVFs are the future. There WILL come a time when you wont be able to buy a new camera with an OVF. The question is: when will this future arrive? Currently, there are advantages to using an EVF – but, these advantages are, according to most people’s opinions and preferences, significantly outweighed by the disadvantages. So, when will EVFs progress to a point where there is no significant disadvantage to using an EVF? That’s the question. Personally, I’d be really surprised if it happens within the next five years – but I bet it wont take much longer than ten. Make no mistake though, it IS coming! And, the manufacturers that are currently pioneering that progression are going to, most likely, at some time down the road, have a serious leg-up on the competition.
Nikon and Canon are in danger of going the way of Kodak if they don’t start pumping some fairly serious money into the R&D of their EVF tech relatively soon.
WilliamLeong
2 years ago |My A77 occasionally give me card errors when I do some heavy shooting. The recovery data screen pops up. It happens when I use my 16GB Sandisk 45mbps card. Never happened to my 8GB card of the same spec. You guys have any issue on this? I really really miss the responsiveness and reliability of my A700
monkeyfacemcbride
2 years ago |I’ve seen this same problem twice on the 8GB Sandisk 45mbps cards. Not a huge inconvenience, but it would be better if it didn’t happen. Like you I miss the responsiveness of previous alphas. With the A77 I keep getting the feeling that I’m waiting for something to go wrong, this doesn’t help in photography, you should have confidence in the tools you use. With the 700 you just picked it up and it did what you asked when you asked it – every time (or mine did anyway). With the A77 I find that I have to double check everything (too often with good reason) and handle the thing like eggs. Fortunately I still have all of my other cameras, no trip to ebay for them anytime soon, so it’s not like I dont have a backup.
WilliamLeong
2 years ago |Yes, those are exactly my sentiments, I couldn’t have put it better. My confidence wavers whenever I use the A77, something which I do not have during my A700 days (even it did froze on me once, which is fixed with a quick battery reinsert). You feel like you’re shooting a timebomb, not knowing when it will give up on you – and I hate that feeling. At the end of the day, I still LOVE my A77 for all its functions and how they make shooting easier, and also budget constrain, else I would’ve either sold it and gotten a FF + grip (lose the neat functions) or gotten a 2nd FF body as backup (budget constrain).
Nobody
2 years ago |I do prefer my A700 OVF over A77 EVF for simple joy of shooting (must think to get correct settings instead of simply adjusting them all till I get the view I want). EVF / live view IMO makes photographer lazy and I don’t want that to happen to me.
I however do use NEX as well and love live view and focus check for manual focus work. Personally EVF is for me just duplicated live view and having to choose between EVF and good quality rear display + hood I’ll choose rear display. So a perfect camera to me? FF with A900 class OVF + high-res rear display with live view.
Ojojo
2 years ago |Horses for courses – both have a future.
J
2 years ago |This “poll” is problematic. One could easily believe both statements are true.
雜草
2 years ago |I like the convenient and battery-friendness of OVF, but I also hate its dim, narrow view, make it totally unusable in dark places or night.
And, I wear glasses. Anyone?
WilliamLeong
2 years ago |I used to remove the viewfinder plastic eyepiece in my A700, the plastic causes my glasses to have smudges. Somehow this doesn’t happen with my A77.
Andy Diu
2 years ago |“photography is an art”, right??? so where is the point of “art” if you are using the electronic viewfinder?
Markac
2 years ago |If it’s horses, Sony should be looking at an each way bet.