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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes
have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? Ken |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
"Ken" wrote:
I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? That's what a viewfinder is for. They are becoming a rare breed, but you can still find them. jue |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message ... "Ken" wrote: I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? That's what a viewfinder is for. They are becoming a rare breed, but you can still find them. jue Sone of the Canons have them but not a wide angle lens I need. My Nikon 7900 has a viewfinder but with only a 75% of what you see is what you get. So I end up using it and cropping in the software to get what I need for my idea of the right composition. Ken |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
"Ken" wrote in message ... I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? LCDs are terrible in outside bright light. |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
In article , Ken says ...
I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? The LCD of the Sony R1 works fine even in the brightest daylight, even with the midday sun shining on it. On the other hand the LCD of the Sony A350 (a DSLR) performs quite poorly in bright light. -- Alfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
Much the same problem, here. Sometimes when it's really bad,
I use my ball cap, or my jacket to shade the screen a bit. Like the old guys with the 4 x 5 view cameras used to do. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Ken" wrote in message ... I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? Ken |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
Ken wrote:
I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? Ken You may want to consider a camera with an EVF (Electronic View Finder)such as one of the Panasonic FZ series. They show 100% of what the sensor captures. NO guess work at all! You can crop exactly how you want the image to look. Not having to crop later, effectively gives you more pixels to use in the image itself. The FZ-50 is Panny's Flagship entry in the big zoom competition. It isn't pocketable by any means but it is incredibly versatile and puts you in charge of most photographic situations. Like ALL small sensor cameras, it suffers a bit in very low light level situations. But IMHO, its benefits far outweigh this shortcoming. Bob Williams |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
Charles wrote:
[] LCDs are terrible in outside bright light. You haven't seen a transreflective LCD, have you? David |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
Ken wrote:
"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message ... "Ken" wrote: I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? That's what a viewfinder is for. They are becoming a rare breed, but you can still find them. jue Sone of the Canons have them but not a wide angle lens I need. My Nikon 7900 has a viewfinder but with only a 75% of what you see is what you get. So I end up using it and cropping in the software to get what I need for my idea of the right composition. How wide do you need to go? The 7900 has 38mm equivalent. A Canon G10 goes to 28mm equivalent, which is a great deal wider, but still has the 77% or so optical finder. You might want to look into something like an SX10IS, which has an eye-level LCD that works fine in sunlight and a lens that goes to 28mm equivalent. Alternatively, just get yourself a DSLR and whatever wide angle you need and be done with it. |
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Are todays LCD screen any good in bright weather
Ken wrote:
I have an older Nikon 7900 with 2" screen and even in normal light sometimes have to take a guess when outside that I have got the subject in frame. I was thinking of getting a modern digi camera with 2.5 or bigger LCD screen but only if I feel convinced they are better to use outside. Whats the point in having to guess the shot??? Anyone with a modern camera with the LCD that will work in brighter conditions? I haven't, but my camera also has a live view video output, so with a piece of wire and a portable LCD monitor which is easily viewable in bright sunlight (and devours batteries :-) I can use live view in the sun. But I mostly use it as a way of seeing the live view when I'm several feet away from the camera. For simple holiday snaphot portability a small folding black umbrella keeps both rain and sun off the camera. -- Chris Malcolm |
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