Film camera viewfinder4/3/2023 ![]() ![]() An OVF made from Panasonic or Sony costs about $150 from Voigtlander over $200 and from Leica over $500. The accessory OVF slips into the hot shoe and can just as easily slip out, flying into the air and shattering on the pavement.Framing is imprecise and parallax error is a problem particularly at distances of less than three or four feet.Those were the the pros and now here are the cons to using an optical viewfinder. Holding the camera up to my face to see the OVF is more a stable stance than having the camera at arm’s length to see the monitor.For street photography, or in any other rapidly changing situation, using an OVF is faster for me than using a monitor or EVF.Using my OVF, I can turn off the monitor and prolong battery life.With the camera taking care of focusing I can focus on the viewfinder.There is no distracting information-no information at all, in fact - displayed in the OVF, which makes it makes easier for me to see the whole frame and compose.Shooting in bright sunlight and wearing sunglasses, I rely on an OVF because my camera’s LCD monitor is impossible to see.OVFs can still play a role in today’s digital environment, for the following simple reasons: ![]() Even after the arrival of the Leica M rangefinder with its multiple frame viewfinders, the accessory optical viewfinder remained popular, particularly with very wide-angle lenses. ![]() They didn’t show the field of view of wider or longer lenses, and OFVs were made to help photographers frame with these other prime focal length lenses. ![]()
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