EVF & LCD Preferences

[Jonathan Pears]

OK, so for the last few shoots, including outdoor stuff, i have been monitor based and using LCD's rather than the EVF.

I've been finding it a little easier to kind of 'see' what i am shooting rather than using the EVF where i tend to look at certain parts of the image and not really the whole thing.

Anyone else found this at all? and prefer using LCD's?

 

[Simon Knight]

Not with Red, but with my Z5 I do exactly the same and miss bits when looking through the evf. Perhaps it's something to do with it being like watching tv and therefore our brain scans the picture better....?

 

[Mark Andersen]

I never use the EVF much. I just prefer the LCD. Even back in my film days I found it annoying to attach my head to the camera, I just prefer the freedom of stepping back a foot or so and looking at a screen.

 

[Jonathan Pears]

I never use the EVF much. I just prefer the LCD. Even back in my film days I found it annoying to attach my head to the camera, I just prefer the freedom of stepping back a foot or so and looking at a screen.

Thats what i'm finding for sure! Being able to take a step back from it and look at the whole image. The EVF, even with its greatness, still makes me concentrate a little too much on the elements of the image (say an expisure on the face of someone etc) and not the image as a whole.

I also find shoulder mounted moves to be a little more fluid and dynamic when i get to look at the LCD in front of me and not the EVF - most likey for the same reason as above....

 

[Mark Andersen]

The is nothing wrong or right here, the EVF is a great tool and many prefer it. For me, I just work differently, I grew up with Hasselblads and waist level finders, I just like screens.

 

[Jonathan Pears]

For sure, nothing is better either way, personal preference.

i think a large part of it for me, is that the red LCDs are so good that even in sunlight I still know what I'm shooting. A lot of other monitors tend to disappear in the sun.... and I live in Florida, and the LCD is very tolerant of even our sunlight intensity.