Patrick Smith
New Member
After giving it a bit of thought (did not want to buy the overpriced Zeiss, and not convinced by the EVF), and searching the web, I finally settled for the Samsung EA-OVF1 optical viewfinder, which I found on ebay for 79€.
It's meant for four-thirds cameras, so it is a bit too generous on the top and bottom sides, but I got the hang of it the second day. As for shooting (I use it for street photography), this is my method: I focus/reframe, or lock focus, (in center-focus mode), whilst looking the viewfinder, and imagining where the center focus point is. My working distance is 1.5 to 5 metres, at f:8, I haven't missed a shot because of bad focusing.
My two cents…
Patrick
It's meant for four-thirds cameras, so it is a bit too generous on the top and bottom sides, but I got the hang of it the second day. As for shooting (I use it for street photography), this is my method: I focus/reframe, or lock focus, (in center-focus mode), whilst looking the viewfinder, and imagining where the center focus point is. My working distance is 1.5 to 5 metres, at f:8, I haven't missed a shot because of bad focusing.
My two cents…
Patrick