The EVF blues

[kshapero]

I went out today to shot in the Everglades. It is in the 70's (F) here and very very sunny. My digital camera with EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) and the LCD were useless. I could not compose worth a darn. the sun just blacked everything out. What's up with this? Gosh, should I dump this rig? Thank goodness, my M3 was back in the car, so all worked out. But what the heck?:bang::bang:

 

[swoop]

If you're looking for a fight you're going to get one.

 

[2WK]

Yup, if you are going to shoot in the bright sun, and want some Xtans in your life, I recommend the "flagship" X-pro1.

 

[GaryLH]

I went out today to shot in the Everglades. It is in the 70's (F) here and very very sunny. My digital camera with EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) and the LCD were useless. I could not compose worth a darn. the sun just blacked everything out. What's up with this? Gosh, should I dump this rig? Thank goodness, my M3 was back in the car, so all worked out. But what the heck?:bang::bang:

I am assuming no polarized sun glasses, in terms of evf? Also u are shooting at low iso and decent f stop? Otherwise sensor overload time.

I have never had this issue w/ my xp1/xe1/x100 unless I did one of the above.. If I remember correctly, u initially complained about this w/ your xe camera. If u can recreate the issue easily, c if u can borrow someone else's xe camera. Could be defective?

Gary

 

[kshapero]

Yup, if you are going to shoot in the bright sun, and want some Xtans in your life, I recommend the "flagship" X-pro1.

hmmm....love to hear some input on this idea.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

I have had several cameras with EVFs and never come across this problem, even half way up Tyrolean mountains at noon. I'm not saying that Akiva's wrong but it seems decidedly odd to me.

 

[Thardy]

I was in Miami two weeks ago and the clip on EVF I was using worked great in the bright light. It was weird with polarized sunglasses though.

Composing on the back LCD would have been very hard.

 

[kshapero]

I am assuming no polarized sun glasses, in terms of evf? Also u are shooting at low iso and decent f stop? Otherwise sensor overload time.

I have never had this issue w/ my xp1/xe1/x100 unless I did one of the above.. If I remember correctly, u initially complained about this w/ your xe camera. If u can recreate the issue easily, c if u can borrow someone else's xe camera. Could be defective?

Gary

Ready to eat crow. And admit to old age. I was wearing polarized sun glasses. Just went out with regular glasses. All is good. Hmmmmm....those black feathers taste good!

 

[Thardy]

Ready to eat crow. And admit to old age. I was wearing polarized sun glasses. Just went out with regular glasses. All is good. Hmmmmm....those black feathers taste good!

Haha, that's funny!

 

[2WK]

hmmm....love to hear some input on this idea.

Well, I meant because of the OVF. You can see clear as…day.
This was the reason I switched from XE-1 to the Xpro.

 

[cosmonaut]

Buy a Sony.

 

[burancap]

Buy a Sony.

AND keep the polarized sunglasses?

 

[Scrambler]

AND keep the polarized sunglasses?

Why not? OLED VF

 

[GaryLH]

Ready to eat crow. And admit to old age. I was wearing polarized sun glasses. Just went out with regular glasses. All is good. Hmmmmm....those black feathers taste good!

No worries.

Gary

 

[GaryLH]

Why not? OLED VF

If I remember correctly the evf on the xe2 is also an oled. If it is polarized sunglasses as the issue, I don't c what difference this will make.. Please explain?

Gary

 

[Pioneer]

Just stay with the M3. I don't ever remember having this problem no matter which glasses I was wearing.

Just checked, my K1000 seems to work well with polarized sunglasses as well. 🙂

 

[2WK]

Have you tried turning the brightness of the EVF all the way up?

 

[GaryLH]

Have you tried turning the brightness of the EVF all the way up?

Check post #8. It was the polarized sunglasses.

Gary

 

[2WK]

Ah! The polarized lenses strike again!

 

[GaryLH]

The weakness of all evf based digital cameras vs the Fuji ovf/evf or dslr or Leica drf. Those jumping in from film to their first digital camera probably have encountered this issue.

Gary