Viewfinder examples

[ochong]

The @FujiGuys have posted some more viewfinder examples.

These should be somewhat representative of the OPTICAL view finder.

This was posted yesterday, but it's accuracy is questionable compared to the one's above. My guess is this is either a mockup of the ELECTRONIC view finder or the LCD display.

 

[Quash]

I just don't know why I would ever need to flip to the electronic viewfinder if I have all these options to overlay in the optical viewfinder. Live histogram in OVF? Awesome.

 

[GSNfan]

How they did get all that info projected on the OVF, do we have that sort of technology?

 

[videogamemaker]

How they did get all that info projected on the OVF, do we have that sort of technology?

Ummm, not to be offensive, but have you been paying attention at all? That is THE DEFINITIVE technology of the X100, being able to project info on the OVF, or cover the opposite side with a physical shutter to turn it into an EVF completely.

Seriously, just check the finepix website, they do a great job of explaining the hybrid viewfinder. Yes, they can project anything they want onto the OVF. A nintendo emulator, a real time histogram, photos of your grandma, anything.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Look up heads-up displays.

 

[tic]

Awsome!
...

 

[videogamemaker]

I don't quite get the 3rd image, the "focus distance index". The other 3 are referring to things being displayed inside the white framing square, but this third one doesn't seem to be talking about the green square, which is in the other 3 as well. Is it just referring to the bottom blue distance scale that is also present in all 4 images?

 

[GSNfan]

Ummm, not to be offensive, but have you been paying attention at all? That is THE DEFINITIVE technology of the X100, being able to project info on the OVF, or cover the opposite side with a physical shutter to turn it into an EVF completely.

Seriously, just check the finepix website, they do a great job of explaining the hybrid viewfinder. Yes, they can project anything they want onto the OVF. A nintendo emulator, a real time histogram, photos of your grandma, anything.

What I was trying to say is how they can project all that info onto the OVF which is transparent glass? Yes, I know by closing the VF shutter the EVE is projected on its, but AFTER closing the shutter, not in transparent mode.

I think even your grandma would agree that you're taking this X100 thing too seriously.

Btw, what technology they used to photograph the viewfinder, or this is just a photos of the back LCD, which is the same as the EVF?

 

[ochong]

I don't quite get the 3rd image, the "focus distance index". The other 3 are referring to things being displayed inside the white framing square, but this third one doesn't seem to be talking about the green square, which is in the other 3 as well. Is it just referring to the bottom blue distance scale that is also present in all 4 images?

Yes I think this is simply highlighting the blue distance scale by showing a focus point selected off center. The red marker is sitting over the 1 meter mark which I can imagine is the distance the dog is away. The white area should be the depth of field.

 

[ochong]

Btw, what technology they used to photograph the viewfinder, or this is just a photos of the back LCD, which is the same as the EVF?

These are mockup images that are representative of the information that is provided in the viewfinder. They are not photographed from the actual viewfinder.

The @FujiGuys did mention that they will put up a video looking through the viewfinder. We'll have to wait and see.

 

[ruby.monkey]

What I was trying to say is how they can project all that info onto the OVF which is transparent glass? Yes, I know by closing the VF shutter the EVE is projected on its, but AFTER closing the shutter, not in transparent mode.

I think even your grandma would agree that you're taking this X100 thing too seriously.

Btw, what technology they used to photograph the viewfinder, or this is just a photos of the back LCD, which is the same as the EVF?

dpreview has a diagram of the finder's wobbly bits.

 

[videogamemaker]

What I was trying to say is how they can project all that info onto the OVF which is transparent glass? Yes, I know by closing the VF shutter the EVE is projected on its, but AFTER closing the shutter, not in transparent mode.

I think even your grandma would agree that you're taking this X100 thing too seriously.

Btw, what technology they used to photograph the viewfinder, or this is just a photos of the back LCD, which is the same as the EVF?

I would just think someone who has proclaimed so many times how the x100 isn't worth buying, would actually know about the camera.

http://www.finepix-x100.com/sites/all/modules/x100/content/images/story/viewfinder-5.jpg

They talk about this every chance they get. Just click that image and it should all be made clear. It's a prism. It cannot be made fully opaque without the shutter closed, but it can project white very easily (that's how the frame lines are shown).

 

[shadowfox]

How do they account for parallax which gets worse the closer the subject is?
If I focus on the face, that's not what the lens really "sees."

 

[GSNfan]

I would just think someone who has proclaimed so many times how the x100 isn't worth buying, would actually know about the camera.

http://www.finepix-x100.com/sites/all/modules/x100/content/images/story/viewfinder-5.jpg

They talk about this every chance they get. Just click that image and it should all be made clear. It's a prism. It cannot be made fully opaque without the shutter closed, but it can project white very easily (that's how the frame lines are shown).

Exactly, it cannot be absolutely opaque unless the VF finder shutter closes, this is also I guess what that Norwegian guy meant by "double vision".

So, these images are NOT of the OVF as the OT put it up there in caps.

 

[videogamemaker]

How do they account for parallax which gets worse the closer the subject is?
If I focus on the face, that's not what the lens really "sees."

It's parallax corrected. They move the frame line as you focus the lens (since it has an electrical connection, it knows the distance focus)

Exactly, it cannot be absolutely opaque unless the VF finder shutter closes, this is also I guess what that Norwegian guy meant by "double vision".

So, these images are NOT of the OVF as the OT put it up there in caps.


You X100 people need to chill...

If you project pure white, you'll see it. There is even example videos from Gizmodo showing it. Any white pixels in the OVF are being projected onto this prism. Maybe they aren't 100% opaque, but for all visual intents and purposes they are.

Hahah, dude, you're the one who keeps posting in this subforum, despite saying like 8x that you aren't going to buy one. If you haven't read the feature list (this is the top one in every single press release) then you don't understand the camera. That makes you just as much a "you x100 people" as anyone else, since none of us have one.

And no, what the Norwegian guy meant by double vision, is that the OVF with elect feature was permanently enabled in his version. It tried to project an EVF feed without closing the shutter. So he was seeing the OVF and the EVF at once, and they don't overlap correctly since they are at different magnifications and percentage of fov.

 

[ochong]

Exactly, it cannot be absolutely opaque unless the VF finder shutter closes, this is also I guess what that Norwegian guy meant by "double vision".

So, these images are NOT of the OVF as the OT put it up there in caps.


You X100 people need to chill...

🙄 These are representative of the OVF... I don't know how else you want this said. lol

 

[GSNfan]

It's parallax corrected. They move the frame line as you focus the lens (since it has an electrical connection, it knows the distance focus)




If you project pure white, you'll see it. There is even example videos from Gizmodo showing it. Any white pixels in the OVF are being projected onto this prism. Maybe they aren't 100% opaque, but for all visual intents and purposes they are.

Hahah, dude, you're the one who keeps posting in this subforum, despite saying like 8x that you aren't going to buy one. If you haven't read the feature list (this is the top one in every single press release) then you don't understand the camera. That makes you just as much a "you x100 people" as anyone else, since none of us have one.

Even if you go to a camera store they don't ask you before hand to commit to a purchase before you can ask questions, so this subforum is also not Fuji's little shot in RFF, this is where this camera is discussed. I, like many who who take photos are interested in camera and camera technology, that does not mean we'll buy every camera that is released.

Anyway, I was a sure buyer at first and since then my interest has simply decreased because the more info is put out there the more this camera seems to be over-ambitious and too good to be true... Not to mention the fact that all these X100 internet ambassadors are also doing a terrible job by being too aggressive and fanboyish.

 

[Ranchu]

Cool finder. So that's why people are so exited, I see now! Anybody know if the finder frame covers the entire chip?

 

[videogamemaker]

Even if you go to a camera store they don't ask you before hand to commit to a purchase before you can ask questions, so this subforum is also not Fuji's little shot in RFF, this is where this camera is discussed. I, like many who who take photos are interested in camera and camera technology, that does not mean we'll buy every camera that is released.

Anyway, I was a sure buyer at first and since then my interest has simply decreased because the more info is put out there the more this camera seems to be over-ambitious and too good to be true... Not to mention the fact that all these X100 internet ambassadors are also doing a terrible job by being too aggressive and fanboyish.

If you tell the salesman 5x in the 15 minutes you are asking questions that "I'm not going to buy it, it's not worth it" They probably won't keep answering your questions unless they are a best buy wage slave. An actual shop owner certainly wouldn't without the patience of a saint. Also if you keep telling them there is no way their facts are correct, they will probably also stop.

Mods? Can I get a name change to "X100 internet ambassador"?

 

[jsrockit]

I can't wait for this camera to solve all of my issues and if you don't agree... I will destroy you!