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Disadvantages of electronic viewfinders?
What are the disadvantages of electronic viewfinders? such as the ones used in Sony SLT cameras?
What is the reason that major camera manufacturers are still using the classic viewfinders while using ...
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Why the need for SLR in digital cameras?
Excuse my ignorance but as far as I know, SLR was invented in order to get the photographer to see (through the viewfinder) exactly what image will fall on to the film. In digital cameras the image ...
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How important is the viewfinder coverage percentage? (Figures like 95%; 100% for Canon 7D?)
I would like to know if the 100% viewfinder number mentioned in many cases to praise the Canon 7D and other similarly-priced SLRs is a really meaningful figure.
How does it actually affect the ...
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Why aren't all viewfinders 100%?
We often see that a manufacturer's high-end (D)SLR models offer a "100% viewfinder," which shows the entire exposed frame, and allows precise composition with regard to objects near the edge of the ...
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What's the difference between a rangefinder and SLR?
I've seen rangefinder cameras around and idly wondered what the difference was between them and SLR cameras. Are there any advantages rangefinders offer that cannot be reproduced using an SLR?
