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> It shows you what it will look like on a small screen with low dynamic range. You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight infor
by azhenley 10y ago
> It shows you what it will look like on a small screen with low dynamic range. You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight information.
EVF shows me the histogram (can toggle it on and off without moving my eye).
- foldr 10y agoThat's cool. However, there's no fundamental reason why a DSLR viewfinder couldn't show a histogram too. It's not an important feature for me personally, but YMMV.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> However, there's no fundamental reason why a DSLR viewfinder couldn't show a histogram too. You'd need to have to reduce the optical image size to make room for an LCD display, have a HUD to overlay a digital image over the OVF optical image, or have another moving mirror and toggle between EVF and OVF to do that on a DSLR. Which is to stay that an in-viewfinder histogram is possible but not easy for a DSLR.
- foldr 10y agoYeah, I was assuming it would be accomplished via a HUD. The technology is already used in other consumer products: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See-through_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See-through_display "Small scale see-though LCDs have been commercially available for some time."
- ricardobeat 10y agoAnd available in which cameras? Not even sure what you are arguing here...
- foldr 10y agoJust that this feature could be added to DSLRs, so it's not inherently an advantage of mirrorless cameras. Of course if you already have an EVF there is no additional cost associated with providing the histogram overlay. But if everyone starts demanding in-viewfinder histograms, DSLR manufacturers could add that feature.