Re: EVF - is 115,000 enough? Or is 205,000-230,000 really what is needed?

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I specifically mention manual focusing, which is much easier on even a standard frosted focus screen (that most DSLR cameras have as original equipment) in a DSLR camera than the pixelated mess which is all you can see in an EVF (or LCD) when attempting manual focus on most small-sensor digicams.


On my compact when you select manual focus and push the buttons (spit) it enlarges the centre section so you can focus easier.
Still can't see the DoF very well though.

As I stated in another reply, I have a Dimage A200.
It also has the same 4x mag effect, except it occurs when the mf ring is moved (regardless of af/mf setting).
The 4x mag preview is okay in good lighting (daylight or well-lit office), but isn't very good at all in low light due to the amount of noise and the fuzziness of the 4x mag image in the EVF.
I can only guess that it's because of the brightness amplification that is needed in low-light to have something to display on the EVF.


At least with the compact I can set the distance on the focusing scale.
You can't do that on the kit lens I have.
I am quite good at setting the focus using the scale as I have had plenty of practice.

Kits lens?
I almost never use it.
For most of my nightclub shooting I use either a 50mm f1.4, 28mm f2.8 or 16mm f2.8 lens, depending on the subject.
All of them have a distance and (35mm) DoF scale engraved on the lens-barrel.

One of the major usage differences which I noticed between the Minolta 7Hi and the Konica-Minolta A200 is that the A200 wouldn't hold focus when being zoomed in/out and the distance scale displayed in the EVF didn't seem too trustworthy (that it actualy was focused at the stated distance).
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