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Optical or Electronic viewfinder?

  • 17-10-2007 11:37am
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    Hi,
    I'm wondering weather its better to buy a camera with an electronic viewfinder or an optical one?

    Thanks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 rymus
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    optical...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 Gorilla
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    lol, why?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 Gorilla
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    Is this going to turn into one of them posts where loads of people argue over which is better? I'm just asking as I'm a beginner and I was just wondering which would be better for me. Oh and is it better to use an LCD screen or the viewfinder?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 10-10-20
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    LCD (electronic) viewfinder. If you're a beginner you want to see what you get before clicking the shutter...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 Fajitas!
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    Optical will be better because you're actually seeing what you are photographing, rather than a low resolution recording of what is happening.

    What type of camera are you looking at getting? A bridge type I assume, or a Point & Shoot?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40 bluepencilcase


    I agree with Rymus- definitely optical. Electronic viewfinders are useless in low light.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 Paulw
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    Optical - using the viewfinder. You get to see what the lens sees. Using the LCD viewfinder (screen) only works on a limited number of cameras. It consumes a lot of power and will drain your battery quickly. The LCD can only show so much, while using the using the optical viewfinder, you are looking out through your lens with your eye, and see what the camera sees.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 rymus
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    Gorilla wrote: »
    lol, why?

    What Paul, bluepencilcase and Fajitas said


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 Gorilla
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    I was looking at this camera, Canon Powershot A720 IS
    Is it anygood? It has optical image stabization too with a 6x optical zoom. I'd like a optical zoom of at leat 3-6x.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,711 Hrududu
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    I have a Canon P&S, but I find that the picture taken doesnt match exactly with what i see through the viewfinder. It matches the LCD screen. Its just annoying when I want to save power or the light is too bright.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 daedalus2097
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    That's it... If you've a separate viewfinder which doesn't look through the lens you need to allow for slight differences in parallax between the two sets of optics. The LCD doesn't suffer from this so will show a more accurate idea of the final picture. If the viewfinder looks through the lens though... Optical all the way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 AnCatDubh
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    hmnnn.. had an old fuji bridge type digicam with electronic viewfinder - while i loved the camera to bits the above posts remind me how poor by comparison an electronic viewfinder is to a SLR's optical capability. But i wonder does it depend on the SLR? My son has a cannon P&S something or other - a nice little camera, with *optical* viewfinder - while its good and better than the old Fuji, it is a far cry from the SLR's through the lens capability. And to throw into the mix for added confusion, have electronic viewfinders 'come a long way' since i first bought mine way back about 5 years ago? Also I've noticed a trend of no viewfinder but just electronic representation on the cameras in built screen - this definitely doesn't sound like a great idea considering the issues many LCD's have with bright light conditions. Sorry, if i'm rambling too much. I guess my opinion on this is buy optical either ways.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 311 decsramble
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    Last year I had a Fuji s9500 with an electronic viewfinder. Having used it for months while traveling I have to say an optical viewfinder is much better but I did get used to the electronic one. The one problem I could not over come was using it with polarised sun glasses rendered the screen unusable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 Stephen
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    If you ever want to use manual focus an electronic viewfinder is useless. Optical all the way.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 Gorilla
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    Thanks for all the help!:)


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