as title, i'm looking for a bridge camera but i'm not sure whether a evf is necessary or not..i realise that they help in bright sunlight but are todays lcd screens bright enough to cope with sunlight.....are there any experts who have an evf on their camera and is it beneficial.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Not an expert but I have a Pentax bridge camera with an evf.
I bought it deliberately as it had an evf but to be honest I hardly ever use that function, as you rightly sumise the lcd screen is bright enough to use even in bright sunlight.
The one advantage of the evf is that you can hold the camera more securely whilst using it than holding it looking at a screen. The quality of the image in the evf is a bit dubious but it does allow you to frame the picture better, although with editing software readily available that's not so important these days.
Tbh it depends what you want to use the camera for and the quality of the images you want.
Nice to have it available but not absolutely necessary imo.

i've read many debates on the web re this and you have basically said what they have, nice to have , to have nice as Brucey would say ..

i suppose there would be times where i wished i had the evf so i think it''l be on my list of options.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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