Video: 5 reasons to use your camera's viewfinder

Wednesday 1 February 2023, 15:51 by Elja Trum | 3,164 views | 3 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Bryan Redding is a videographer and gives you 5 reasons in this video to use your (electronic) viewfinder instead of the screen on the back of your camera. This increasingly applies to photography too, so these tips are useful for us as well.

The reasons in brief:

1. No problems with bright light, easier on your eyes
2. Larger image (because it is closer to your eye)
3. No distractions
4. More stable
5. More discreet (no one looking over your shoulder)

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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3 comments

Donald Willemsen wrote on Friday 3 February 2023 at 22:39 | reply
An EVF uses more energy than the screen on the back of the camera. So the batteries run out sooner.
Translated from Dutch.

Jan Flinkenflögel wrote on Tuesday 7 February 2023 at 14:40 | reply
I have another reason: When you look at the screen, you do so with both eyes. As a result, you pay less attention to your surroundings. If you look through the viewfinder, you can still "look around" with your other eye. This allows you to better take changes into account, both changes that are positive and negative for the photo. It does take some getting used to working with 2 eyes.
Translated from Dutch.

Jos wrote on Tuesday 7 February 2023 at 15:53 | reply
It seems like a contradiction, but using the viewfinder when photographing action, sports and playing children has the great advantage that you can keep an eye on your surroundings while photographing. When I photograph birds in flight or ((very) fast) aircraft, I have to keep both eyes open and be able to frame very precisely. You can't do that with a screen. After all, you are then looking at a very nearby object with both eyes and there is no time to quickly look at your surroundings. I have learned to get jet aircraft precisely in the frame that way with a 600 mm (at an air show, so nearby and incredibly fast).
You only have a small second during a "flyby" and such an aircraft fills your entire frame.
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