Originally posted by dnas That would be something like an Olympus C-8080.
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It's nothing like the very good EVFs you get on the Panasonic G1, GH1, G2 & GH2.
Thanks for the hint, but wasn't that Olympus C-8080 either. More square. Doesn't matter. The camera didn't look interesting anyway otherwise I would have looked of course
Originally posted by Art Vandelay II Exactly!, unless it was one of those cameras or an EP-2 or EPL1 with clip on EVF then you shouldn't form any opinion on EVF's yet.
I know. I've seen the good ones too. I only wanted to say that a VF brightness matching full sunlight is't a trivial thing. The eye would adapt but not w/o some fatigue. I'm not sure if the best EVFs already offer daylight brightness levels. The rear screens do not as otherwise, the eyepiece versions wouldn't be so important.
(Typically, a surface lit by sunlight is 10x brighter than any computer or camera monitor today. So, even if an EVF looks bright in the shadow, it may appear dark outdoor in the sun. That is what I would guess. I haven't look into this though. It is evident that a camera with EVF turned towards the sun won't burn your retina
(may still burn the sensor though, I guess) )
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