How good is the evf

[geoff tompkinson]

A question for those who already have an evf.

Is it significantly better for nailing focus than using just the lcd ?

[Craig Meadows]

Good question as I have not seen one in person yet.

[Martin Ludwig]

A question for those who already have an evf.

Is it significantly better for nailing focus than using just the lcd ?

oh yes, it´s pretty good - brilliant maybe is not enough to say.

[Craig Schober]

quick review:

both the evf and lcd have their own sets of artifacts (lcd has a fair amount of banding and evf has crazy "colorwheel" flickering) but both are fairly easy to get used to. nailing focus can be done on either easily although i'm always a little more confident that i've nailed it with the evf. evf is heavy and a little clumsy. it's very easy to push unwanted buttons on the evf - hopefully red will allow full mapping and ability to turn off all buttons soon. lcd is amazingly light and has a decent viewing angle but is not suitable for viewing under direct sunlight without a hood or some shading.

hope this answers more questions than it raises.

[Michael Brennan]

Best colour viewfinder yet for resolution and colour fidelity.

Mike Brennan

[Justin Kirchhoff]

the evf is badass. focuses easier than the lcd and plus it makes your camera look better :)

[Frank Weeks]

I had not intended to buy the EVF but after seeing it at NAB I ordered it instead of the LCD. It is much better than anything I have used in the past 25 years.

I just hope it ships soon. I will be tethered to a 17" monitor until it does.

[Mark Phelan]

I agree with Frank. I was on the fence about the EVF but after seeing it and the new LCD at NAB, I ordered both. Stunning is the right word for it and while it is large and capable of being used for self-defense, it was smaller than I was anticipating, which is a good thing.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Great tool, the best evf I ever used, hopefully the diopter correction could be locked in the near future (or did I missed something?)

[Rick Darge]

My EVF is supposed to arrive today so I'll post a review after I get it