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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfeye" data-source="post: 357366" data-attributes="member: 29166">To each his own! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I recently sold off my Sony SLT cameras because of the EVFs. I have enough of that from my various non-SLR cameras. The LCD on a compact or a smartphone is pretty much the same. One area where they fail, and Sony could fix this if they thought ahead and anticipated photographer needs, is that if you select the option to show exposure in the EVF, and you're using flash, you get a dark, useless view. Why? Because the typical flash setting, say 1/125th at f5.6, is what the camera uses to show exposure in the EVF. Even though the flash will fire and light up the scene, the EVF is (dumbly) set to show you the scene as if the flash were not a factor. That's just plain stupid. I'm not saying the EVF can show you how the flash shot will come out (even though that should be possible too, knowing subject distance and such) but they could at least show you the &quot;non exposure&quot; view when flash is used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolfeye, post: 357366, member: 29166"] To each his own! :) I recently sold off my Sony SLT cameras [B]because[/B] of the EVFs. I have enough of that from my various non-SLR cameras. The LCD on a compact or a smartphone is pretty much the same. One area where they fail, and Sony could fix this if they thought ahead and anticipated photographer needs, is that if you select the option to show exposure in the EVF, and you're using flash, you get a dark, useless view. Why? Because the typical flash setting, say 1/125th at f5.6, is what the camera uses to show exposure in the EVF. Even though the flash will fire and light up the scene, the EVF is (dumbly) set to show you the scene as if the flash were not a factor. That's just plain stupid. I'm not saying the EVF can show you how the flash shot will come out (even though that should be possible too, knowing subject distance and such) but they could at least show you the "non exposure" view when flash is used. [/QUOTE]

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