Boris, focusing wasn't an issue with the 5700 and moving animals/birds - but
I mostly never was able to capture a moving subject and get it in the center
of the frame - I had to anticipate where it was going to be when the camera
decided to capture the image. Granted that was with an EVF that is now
around 9 or 10 years old and they most likely have been improved.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey
Ken, can it be that you're confusing the shutter release lag with EVF
operation. With my Ricoh GXR and (manual focus) Leica M-module,
everything is quite excellent in this regard. Both the viewfinder is
very easy to use and focusing by b/w focus assist is easy. The shutter
release is very fast, though it takes time between shots, which I
gather is limitation of the rather aged body.
In other words, for people with weaker eyes, EVF can be actually
preferable as it:
1. Ensures relatively uniform brightness despite different lighting
conditions "outside", which IMO is a good thing.
2. With proper implementation, focus assist is easier than squinting
through OVF even with special screens, and as you might know - I've
tried quite a few of them.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Kenneth Waller <[email protected]>
wrote:
I used a Nikon Coolpix 5700 with an EVF, for evidence photography, years
ago and in my opinion it was a great camera for static image capture but
wasn't one to use for any sort of dynamic capture - there was a
noticeable time delay between pushing the shutter release and the actual
image capture - giving you the image that occurred after the one you
wanted. Does this delay still exist in modern EVFs?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom C <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey
Years ago somebody bought a digital P&S with a digital viewfinder.
I was instantly turned off by the lines on the screen.
Tell me it's better now???
Regards, Bob S.
Hi Bob,
You answered part of it yourself. :) This is today, that was years
ago. No lines.
I was mildly blown away by the IQ of the NEX-7 EVF.
Some will whine about noise in low light, but then they should also
whine that they can't see a heck of a lot through an optical VF when
light levels are low. If anything, at very low light levels an EVF at
least gives you a representation of what's being imaged, where with
optical, one is almost blind.
Take a look through a NEX-6 or 7 EVF. It's a 2.3 million pixel image.
That's more than twice the pixel count of the LCD monitor.
Tom C.
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