A viewfinder is what the photographer looks through to compose, and in many cases to focus, the picture. Most viewfinders are separate, and suffer parallax, while the single-lens reflex camera lets the viewfinder use the main optical system.
Questions tagged [viewfinder]
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Should I use the rubber viewfinder cover?
A rubber viewfinder cover is connected to my camera strap. What's it for, and when do I use it? What happens to a photo if I don't use it?
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What will I miss with non-100% viewfinders?
In the answer to this question, it says:
Anything less than 100% means that there are elements that will be captured in the scene that you cannot see at the time you look through the viewfinder.
Where exactly will these missing elements and…
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How does an electronic viewfinder work?
I am interested in how an electronic viewfinder works. In contrast with the optical (instant) viewfinder, which work due to the light reflected from the mirror to the prism, how does an electronic viewfinder work?
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What options or solutions exist for photographers who have to use glasses?
I wear prescription glasses.
They really get in the way when taking pictures.
I am aware of the diopter adjustment that some cameras have. Is this diopter aid equivalent to reading glasses?
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Looking through viewfinder I see subject in small circle instead of large rectangle
I apologize off the bat for my ignorance in this field & the simplistic language! I have a canon T1i and I love it. Had a problem with my 18-55 lens and sent it to Mack Camera where I had a warranty. Decided to send the body as well even though it…
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Why do green colored rectangles appear on the view finder around light-sources that are in the view?
I have a point-and-shoot camera and when I point it at a view to take a picture, green-colored rectangles appear on the view-finder around any light-sources in the view.
Why does this happen?
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Are there viewfinders that project on a screen rather than forming a virtual image and what are they called?
From my understanding of an (d)slr optical viewfinder the image is first projected onto a focusing screen forming a real image and then, using optics in the viewfinder, formed into a virtual image that the photographers eye focuses to be able to…
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Numbers in my Canon M50 Viewfinder
I have a brand new Canon M50 camera. When I look through the viewfinder to take a picture, there is a 4 digit number in the bottom right hand of the screen. Right now it is 2909. I have only taken 1 picture with my new camera. So, what is that…
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