Digital - Actually using rear screen ... !!

[dee]

I have erred ... I love my DSLRs most of which do not have 'live view' so , looking through the finder must be 'dead view ?].

i have to use the screen on my Fuji XF1 , but it's handy to fir in a pocket .

I have also bought a Sony A390 [ probably just me that actually wanted one [ just for the waist level viewing experience .

The Fuji X-Pro 1 provides no less than 3 options - OVF / EVF / live view rear screen .

This screen , with grid imposed is so bright and crisp , that I am tempted by it .. though it seems a touch disloyal to treat the camera as a typical point and shoot , albeit in manual as I like , at times , to override the ' correct ' exposure .

Obviously , this is not rational - but , there was a time when live view for serious cameras was considered unnecessary .

Approaching 70 , I just can't keep up !!

dee

 

[Pioneer]

I have three digital cameras where I must use the rear screen. No other alternative provided.

I have become "accustomed" to this manner of viewing. In sunlight I am always tempted to throw my t-shirt over my head and get out my little magnifier.

But I get by. They do provide pretty decent image quality, which is nice, and they are pretty compact. But I still have a heck of a time making any sense of screens that tiny. Especially when I compare them against my 8x10.

🙁

 

[Ronald M]

My M9 has live view. Perfect- no lag.

I do not approve of zombie cameras

 

[daveleo]

Rear screen viewing is an excellent practice for better composition (for me, anyway). Two eyes, and you can adjust camera height from overhead to waste level without kneeling, bending over or standing on something.
I usually set up using the EVF/OVF and take the final shot using the screen.
(Of course in bright sunlight, the screen is almost useless.)

 

[css9450]

I do a lot of night photography and the only real good way to check my focus is to zoom in using Live View with a flashlight pointed at the subject.

 

[jsrockit]

There's nothing wrong with using a rear screen. Use what works best for your photography, not what works best to impress others.

 

[MikeMGB]

I'm so used to the screen now that I only use the EVF when it's too sunny to see the screen. The screen is also very nice for candid street photography, it's not so obvious you're taking a photograph if the camera isn't up to your eye.

 

[Pioneer]

I'm so used to the screen now that I only use the EVF when it's too sunny to see the screen. The screen is also very nice for candid street photography, it's not so obvious you're taking a photograph if the camera isn't up to your eye.

I don't think that is the case. You are holding a camera at arms length, just like you would do if you are taking a photo with a camera phone. I just think people are so used to seeing the "IPhone Stand" that they don't really notice it anymore.

However, true or not, bringing a camera to your eye to take the picture equates to a professional in their minds, so now they pay closer attention. Even worse, if it looks like you are aiming the camera at their child, now you are immediately a perv because everyone knows that only pervs take pictures of kids.

Don't kid yourself. Everyone knows you are taking a picture. What registers is people doing things that is outside of the normal for the herd. That attracts attention. Now you may be a predator and the instinctive fight or flight impulse kicks into gear.

 

[B-9]

...Use what works best for your photography, not what works best to impress others.

Can we frame this quote on the homepage?

I love using the rear screen on my Leica X1 when its suitable light, I can easily "manual" focus with the little DOF scale that pops up, and I get a magnified center image. Its cool! For quick snapping and mid afternoon, I just pull the camera up to my face and boom ive got the 36mm Leica OVF accessory. Why not have both.. or like the Xpro all 3 good options for a variety of moods and situations.

To each their own.

 

[MikeMGB]

I don't think that is the case. You are holding a camera at arms length, just like you would do if you are taking a photo with a camera phone. I just think people are so used to seeing the "IPhone Stand" that they don't really notice it anymore.

However, true or not, bringing a camera to your eye to take the picture equates to a professional in their minds, so now they pay closer attention. Even worse, if it looks like you are aiming the camera at their child, now you are immediately a perv because everyone knows that only pervs take pictures of kids.

Don't kid yourself. Everyone knows you are taking a picture. What registers is people doing things that is outside of the normal for the herd. That attracts attention. Now you may be a predator and the instinctive fight or flight impulse kicks into gear.

Yeah, I make damn sure there are never any kids in the frame of a photo for this very reason.

 

[Spanik]

I'm so used to the screen now that I only use the EVF when it's too sunny to see the screen. The screen is also very nice for candid street photography, it's not so obvious you're taking a photograph if the camera isn't up to your eye.

If it isn't too sunny it probably is pouring down that you are already soaked to your underwear before you take the camera out of your pocket.