I read where someone used a viewer like this as a makeshift optical viewfinder for a digital camera LCD screen, because of sunlight glare; opinions?
2013423
You can see what is on the LCD screen but it is fuzzy, not clear. Not recommended. I have used mine to put a slide in it that I want to make a digital photo and put it up the the camera on the computer or Iphone and take a photo. Not perfect but workable.
2013424
Sounds clever. How would you attach it after you took it apart. Glue it to the camera?
2013425
Got this to view slides. Great! just look into lens like little magnifying glass or old viewfinder.Great digitzer!!!! Made a little hood-folded piece of paper wrapped around top to hold its lens steady against camera lens. Shinned florescent light in front of white paper. Pointed viewer & camera 1 foot away toward lighted paper and took picture. Trick is not too much light. Any light should do but adds yellow tint with ordinary light.
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You are definitely not alone in wanting a viewfinder. I am at the age where I need reading glasses and thus, if I am using the camera, I need to have glasses handy so I can see the LCD. This is very frustrating. And I am purchasing a camera with a high optical zoom feature primarily so I can use it outdoors, for nature shots. So having the LCD wash out in the bright light is also going to be frustrating.
522740
Seems fine to me if your off to the side unlike our laptop where picture becomes distorted and looks like you have floating heads. It doesn't have a glare that I noticed but we do have this in basement so not alot of sunlight.
411161
One more thing where I see Nikon's superiority - the lens barrel have built-in treads for mounting photo filters and/or tulip shade to prevent direct sun glare into the lens - crucial feature for taking sunset shots. Oh, I'll be remiss not to mention range finder type viewer (in addition to the standard lcd display on the back of a camera), a very useful feature in shooting against the light source (sunset), because viewing of your lcd display in certain light conditions (such as your sunset takes) could be problematic at times! Cheers :-)
737795
Not brilliant in bright sunlight but does have an electronic viewfinder which is better than using the rear screen anyway
2045682
Some digital cameras have two ways of looking at the picture you are about to take; a 2"x2" (or 3"x3") LED screen AND above it a little window that you look through to see the scene. In very bright sunlight the LED might be hard to see and, if you wear glasses, you have to hold the camera away from your eyes to see the screen. The view finder (often a smaller LED inside the camera) allows you to place the camera close to one eye (glasses or no glasses) to take the picture. If photographing at night you might not want to give your position away by the bright light of the LED so use the view finder.
2281971
The screen is way out of focus for a camera sitting within a few inches of the scrfeen, so you won't see the screen. There could be a decrease in the amount of light entering the lens, but this is generally insignificant
638353
I accept distortion because I use it only when is very light and I can't see my camera screen. For me it is very useable.
1192243
The glare is no more than any other digital camera with an LCD on the back. And, being so small it is very easy to shade the camera with one hand. something not as easy with a larger camera. It's really no problem.
2280324
I never tried looking a a computer screen with the lens before but, I tried it just now for you and it seemed to do the job well. Your eye can be very close to the lens, right up on it really. Hope this helped you out. PS. I really like this light.
1904451
Yes but 85 % of the actual image. Not electronic viewer, it is optical with info projection in viewfinder. Not used for focusing but used for composing the image. Not crazy about composing using the LCD screen. Feels like my old range finder 40 years ago.
1616453
You can look through the lens eye or look at the screen - it is not feasible to do both due to the design. The screen shows what you need to see and is very good at helping you focus on whatever it is you wish to capture.
1119586
I have mine in a window sill and it works fine with one exception. During the daylight hours there is a reflection of the camera back into the camera. This is not a fault of the camera, but if anyone else has experienced the same thing and found a solution I would appreciate hearing about it. Because I accidently came upon this site and don't know if I could find it again, please email me at tmf24556@aol.comTom
836306
Hi Jack, Even when the sun is high and glaring directly on my LCD screen, I still can see my subject! Buy it. You'll love it.
1217203
This is my husbands camera. I know that he uses the view finder on a fairly regular basis--especially in bright sunlight. There is nothing like the screen and live view with a cable release on a tripod for great photos, though.
1126997
Hello D. DiMichele,Thanks for your post. I agree that the viewfinder is very helpful even with a LCD screen. The extra money is worth it.
1217204
The view finder is usable but the con to using the view finder is that the picture ratio is very small looking through the view finder.