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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

BOMB EVF VS OLED?...

First time I was really disappointed: Still the same issue with the small field of (sharp) view, the blacks have strange colorshifting in some low light situations. Contrast and resolution are ok. Hope, software update will help.
 
Yeah it's very strange, all I hear or read isn't very convincing... The black issues being the most common complaint about it. It's one of those changes, or upgrade, that doesn't seem to be very popular or get everyone's approval, like the MX upgrade for example. Everyone is really quiet about it, like no one dares say what they really think? I don't know, I really want honest opinions and field users experience feedback before I send mine back for upgrade... So far it seems like a downgrade (if I can be ironic)

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I find the OLED Bomb to be a huge improvement over the original. Overall the image feels more crisp, the colors more true, and I find it sharp enough to easily find focus using the magnify and peaking tools.
 
Will the EVF get open gate on EPIC/Scarlet at any point? If that and the colour separation strobing are fixed then I can see the value, otherwise I'm inclined still only to use the EVF when I absolutely have to...
 
Mark Toia said:
I use my EVF 95% of the time... I like blocking out the world around me and just focusing on the picture. :) but everyone does it differently.
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Plus 2.

Couldn't have said it better. I'll steal it! That's why it's so important for me to get a clear view of the picture here (no pun intended)...
 
Stephen Mick said:
Agreed, Mark. The EVF just feels "right" to me. It's good to have a secondary monitor, but the EVF is what I use almost all the time.
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To be fair, when I shoot off a tripod / monopod in the field I wouldn't want anything else and I grin and bear the IQ. However I spend a disproportionate amount of my time with the camera at the far end of a crane or on a steadicam and the EVF is of zero value then however good it is :)
 
Mark Toia said:
I use my EVF 95% of the time... I like blocking out the world around me and just focusing on the picture. :) but everyone does it differently.
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Indeed they do... I come from a stills background, having spent a lot of time pondering over the image in a medium format waist-level finder shooting landscapes. I like the LCD and use it in the same way; mentally stepping back from things, looking at what's beyond the image frame, the discipline and method that comes from that deliberate approach, I think it's a good influence.

Gluing your eye to a viewfinder is for action and sports :-)

Mike
 
Mike 'Fireman' Ross said:
Indeed they do... I come from a stills background, having spent a lot of time pondering over the image in a medium format waist-level finder shooting landscapes. I like the LCD and use it in the same way; mentally stepping back from things, looking at what's beyond the image frame, the discipline and method that comes from that deliberate approach, I think it's a good influence.

Gluing your eye to a viewfinder is for action and sports :-)

Mike
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I rest my case :)
 
I'm a center of front row cinema kind of guy and I like my eye glued to my EVF. I would need to wear reading glasses if I had to rely on the LCD for focus. However, I don't shut out the world when I'm viewing through my EVF with right eye. That's what my left eye is for. I keep my left eye open, scanning with my peripheral vision for things that may be happening outside the field of my EVF (as in shooting docs) that I should perhaps pay attention to with my lens. Shooting with an EVF doesn't mean you have to have tunnel vision! BTW, my OLED is 100% better than my original Bomb EVF. On a second note, my original EVF from my REd One never used to work with my Epic; just red flashes. But I just tried it after updating to fw 3.3.3, and now it works! It has very milky blacks though, but goes to show how much firmware updates can change things.
 
Still using the original Bomb and am blissfully ignorant of OLED improvements. Figure what I don't know can't hurt me (or my wallet). $1200 I'd rather not spend at the moment and the original is doing everything I need (and I am an Old School Sony Viewfinder guy). Will be curious to see how long RED will offer their upgrade. ("Dear Santa...")

Stu Aull
SX 199
Alaska
 
I'm considering a BT lcos bomb.
Will I be happy, considering I only tested the original (R1) with my Scarlet and found a perfectly usable image, but big and heavy piece?
 
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