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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: Please help me with my dilemma! |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
I have a Sony NEX-5N which I love especially since discovering Konica Hexanon lenses. But, I am having great difficulty living without a viewfinder. My eyesight is to blame so what do I do? Do I ...
buy a Hoodman screen viewer and attach it to the camera (about £80)
buy a Sony EVF (about £200)
or bite the bullet and sell the 5N and buy a NEX-6 or NEX-7 (expensive option)
If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be glad to hear them. If I did opt for the NEX-6 or NEX-7, which one should I go for? _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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hoanpham
Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 2575
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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hoanpham wrote:
I have used nex7 and nex6, but still keep the nex5n with evf.
Once you have the evf, there is no need to upgrade.
nex6 and nex7 evf cannot bend up 90 degrees as the evf, but it's more sturdy. |
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4572 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
I'd definitely buy the EVF for the 5N, it has the benefit of articulating which I personally find invaluable. _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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peterqd
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 7448 Location: near High Wycombe, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Out of interest, does the EVF have dioptric adjustment Andreas? With my old eyes I don't think I could use a camera without
it - that's one of the points I checked out when I chose the NEX-7. Having said that, I still need to wear my glasses to see the
info on the LCD or look at stored pictures etc. _________________ Peter - Moderator |
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4572 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:35 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
peterqd wrote: |
Out of interest, does the EVF have dioptric adjustment Andreas? With my old eyes I don't think I could use a camera without
it - that's one of the points I checked out when I chose the NEX-7. Having said that, I still need to wear my glasses to see the
info on the LCD or look at stored pictures etc. |
yes Peter, the optional EVF for the NEX5N/R has diopter adjustment.
For reading I need +3 reading glasses, the diopter adjustment on the EVF at it's extreme is just strong enough for me to see sharp with unaided eye.
I do everything on the EVF, not only composing but also changing settings and reviewing, that is I hardly ever have the need to put on my reading glasses.
Reviewing I find much better in the EVF then on the LCD! Possibly that's a bit less comfortable on a fixed EVF, but I do it looking somewhat down with the EVF tilted up some 40 to 45 deg. and a relaxed neck, in the same way I take most photos.
Reading glasses I only need sometimes when diving into the menu for mayor changes and of course when using the LCD for composing, that is when I take photos at waist level or overhead.
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Some years ago, when I changed from a Konica Minolta A2 with a then, and for years, leading and also articulating EVF, to my first dSLR it had driven my nuts for some months to come that I composed in the OVF + diopter adjustment without glasses but always needed to put on my reading glasses for viewing the LCD to change settings and to review the photos. For me going back to an EVF was a mayor relief!
The K-M A2 did have much better access to settings though and cleverly overlayed the setting, while being changed, big in the center of the EVF. That meant that on the K-M A2 I NEVER had to use my reading glasses, something which I hope a future EVIL, by having better access to settings and better menu system, will enable too. Possibly a NEX6 or NEX7, with more dedicated buttons resp. tri navi system already could offer that? Or even more likely the Ricoh GXR? ( of course minus when using the LCD for composing e.g. shooting from the waist, the also similar articulating LCD on the K-M A2 was too small for me to be much usable like that, and btw. the GXR's LCD doesn't tilt. - I have a very clear vision of my ideal EVIL and so do many K-M A2 lovers ) _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4572 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:30 am Post subject: FDA-EV1S USA price drop |
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kuuan wrote:
for Edgar or anyone else interested in the the optional viewfinder for NEX5N / 5R / F3, the FDA-EV1S, it recently has been discounted in the US where now e.g. at Amazon and B&H it sells for 218,49. In Europe it still sells for around 260 Euro which equiv. about 340 usd. B&H's overseas shipping is expensive, Amazon doesn't do it, a 'relay' might be worth while. _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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Alex H
Joined: 25 Dec 2011 Posts: 344
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Alex H wrote:
I went a NEX-6 route instead, as I do not really need tilting viewfinder, but wanted to have more manual controls the NEX-6 offers. The only thing that I miss of NEX-5N is a touch-screen... |
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peterqd
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 7448 Location: near High Wycombe, UK
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:49 am Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Alex H wrote: |
The only thing that I miss of NEX-5N is a touch-screen... |
You know, I'm very glad now that I didn't go for the touch screen 5N. I don't understand the technology of touch screens, but
they just don't work for me, no matter how hard or softly I touch them. I have trouble with my phone and my sat-nav and my
son's i-Pad too. Maybe my batteries have run down! _________________ Peter - Moderator |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
kuuan wrote: |
I'd definitely buy the EVF for the 5N, it has the benefit of articulating which I personally find invaluable. |
My apologies for not replying to you all until now. After careful thought and a check on the finances, I've ordered an EVF (thanks Kuuan). _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
DigiChromeEd wrote: |
kuuan wrote: |
I'd definitely buy the EVF for the 5N, it has the benefit of articulating which I personally find invaluable. |
My apologies for not replying to you all until now. After careful thought and a check on the finances, I've ordered an EVF (thanks Kuuan). |
The EVF arrived this morning. My NEX photographic life has been transformed with this little accessory! Expensive, but imo, worth every penny! _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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