Originally posted by GUB The Z7 has been a bit of a wake up call that they stick crappolla over the sensor that the mirror system in a dslr takes care of. If you are critical focussing as in closeups or manual lenses then LV beats the OVF hands down.
I admit I am unpractised in LV focus peaking, but what little experimentation I have done suggests its usefulness depends on the subject. I pointed my camera at dense foliage and it was rather hard to tell what was in focus.
Originally posted by Class A Good luck with following a moving subject because the viewfinder will show you what has happened a short while ago, not what is actually happening.
Pfft! I solved that when I was using my first digital camera, a 3 megapixel Fuji S3000. While panning to follow an airliner on approach into Auckland's RWY27, I would hold the camera out in front of me, strap pulled tight against the back of my neck, and while framing with the on-camera screen also peer over the top of the camera to align the aircraft above the EVF hump. When pushing the shutter, the screen would go black for about 1.5 seconds, but I could continue my visual tracking solution over the top of the camera.