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why don't camera manufacturers add a built in circuit or gadget that brightens the viewfinder when you press the dof button. specially at the smallest aperture.
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Old 05-20-2010, 03:55 AM
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umm, because that's not really possible. When you stop the lens down, the aperture closes to what you've set it to. If that's a small aperture, it means there's very little light coming in. Even if they put an LED in the viewfinder, it really doesn't help because it doesn't help with the light coming in.
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Old 05-20-2010, 06:07 AM
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maybe some of their engineers can think up of some way to brighten it up like they did with night vision.
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Old 05-20-2010, 06:15 AM
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maybe some of their engineers can think up of some way to brighten it up like they did with night vision.

yeah... night/thermal imigary is always seen on an LCD screen..

so that means a viewfinders, mirrors are thrown away.
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D/SLR DOF preview offers WYSIWYG. Otherwise, we will buy EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) instead.
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dont know how well it could/would work...but i like it
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