08-28-2011, 07:00 PM
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1314527677' post='11098']
Have you all read the complete test? I tried and I got to this;
A sensor over the viewfinder detects my eye and makes the switch between the LCD and EVF, but usually doesn't make the switch fast enough, leaving me first in the dark, then I see a screen that's a little too dark at first, then my eye adjusts. It's not a comfortable set of changes, going from very bright to very dark, then to somewhat bright, so most often I and my colleagues shied away from the EVF when out in daylight, preferring the LCD."
That does it for me right away! Nothing can excuse not being able to use the EVF in the long run! Also, I find even the D7000 outdoes the A77 at 1600 ISO. So, the long and the short of it (for me) is;
I keep looking at new cameras and technology, but so far nothing comes close to my D700 (and for that sake the D300s) in overall performance (for me), except the D3S/X and the Canon comparables. I hope Nikon does not fall for the temptation of using this new tech on the advanced cameras until it is absolutely bomb proof. But <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> an 18 or 24mp sensor would be welcome any time on the D400/D4§
To me it serves no purpose pixelpeeping to death the crops from the test photos, when even, the tester says that the EVF is not good enough to use. Am I beside the point? Well maybe, but then maybe not!!<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
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Then that about a simple workaround?
Just keep your hand behind the viewfinder while you are raising the camera to your eyes. That sensor should detect any object and the EVF will be on at time.
Have you all read the complete test? I tried and I got to this;
A sensor over the viewfinder detects my eye and makes the switch between the LCD and EVF, but usually doesn't make the switch fast enough, leaving me first in the dark, then I see a screen that's a little too dark at first, then my eye adjusts. It's not a comfortable set of changes, going from very bright to very dark, then to somewhat bright, so most often I and my colleagues shied away from the EVF when out in daylight, preferring the LCD."
That does it for me right away! Nothing can excuse not being able to use the EVF in the long run! Also, I find even the D7000 outdoes the A77 at 1600 ISO. So, the long and the short of it (for me) is;
I keep looking at new cameras and technology, but so far nothing comes close to my D700 (and for that sake the D300s) in overall performance (for me), except the D3S/X and the Canon comparables. I hope Nikon does not fall for the temptation of using this new tech on the advanced cameras until it is absolutely bomb proof. But <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> an 18 or 24mp sensor would be welcome any time on the D400/D4§To me it serves no purpose pixelpeeping to death the crops from the test photos, when even, the tester says that the EVF is not good enough to use. Am I beside the point? Well maybe, but then maybe not!!<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]
Then that about a simple workaround?
Just keep your hand behind the viewfinder while you are raising the camera to your eyes. That sensor should detect any object and the EVF will be on at time.