Trouble Composing with EVF

[FlashGordonPhotography]

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My images look different depending what camera I shoot them on.

 

When I look through the lens I see what the lens sees wide open. I find I'm drawn to shooting at wider apertures. With faster lenses I need to be careful when I stop down that elements that shallow DOF hides don't become distractions.

 

With the RF. I tend to compose distractions out of the way rather than relying on fast lenses to do that for me. I also tend to use mid apertures more.

 

If I use a camera with a flippy rear LCD I tend to consider camera positions that are away from normal more. I am more likely to consider a position where the camera is at ground level or above my head because that camera makes doing so easy.

 

I also shoot differently when choosing a zoom over a prime lens. Or an EVF over an OVF. Manual focus versus AF. People often remark how different the shooting experience is with a mono camera over a colour one.

 

Personally, I don't have any issues switching between shooting styles. And often I'll choose what camera based on how I want to shoot that day. However I see that for some changing cameras can affect their shooting technique in a way that they don't like.

 

I always find it interesting that we argue endlessly over sensors or camera sizes and yet often pay little attention as to what effect a cameras handling has on the way we shoot.

 

Maybe an M10, with an EVF for when you need it, is in your future?

 

Gordon

[Irakly Shanidze]

This is my point exactly. Camera type does influence the style, and the viewfinder design especially so.

I got curious about this phenomenon in 2003, after getting Contax N Digital, which became my first digital camera and effectively replaced M6. I noticed that gradually within a few months my images really changed, and I did not like that change.

[lx1713]

Agreed. This is a big part of the reason for my enforced diet of SL and the 24-90 ( as far as practically possible ).

 

I can't really feel the sharp edges of what's personally difficult until I've worked it to my limitations and resolved what solutions

is needful. That takes time.