EVF in flatter outdoor conditions on SL-2 vs SL

[marcwilson]

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Hi, I used an SL a year or so ago and whilst the evf was really clear indoors, under overcast flat outdoor conditions (which I like to work in) I found it harder to focus over other evf's I had used. It seemed to lose its brightness however I set it up as. I know some others had found this also but not everyone. 

I was wondering if anyone using the newer SL2 has found the evf improved in these flatter outdoor shooting conditions. 

Thanks,

Marc

[beewee]

I found the challenge was the opposite with the SL2-S if I was using auto-brightness where, in bright environments like sunny snow covered places where I would need pretty dark sunglasses, I had more of an issue with the viewfinder being too dark. My solution is to have a preset that turns off the auto-brightness in the EVF and just have it set to max brightness and this works fine.

[marcwilson]

Thank you beewee,

I seem to remember there was minimal control I had over the evf brightness in the SL (I might be recalling incorrectly though) but being able to set the brightness etc on the SL2 should fix any issues.

[LocalHero1953]

20 hours ago, marcwilson said:

Hi, I used an SL a year or so ago and whilst the evf was really clear indoors, under overcast flat outdoor conditions (which I like to work in) I found it harder to focus over other evf's I had used. It seemed to lose its brightness however I set it up as. I know some others had found this also but not everyone. 

I was wondering if anyone using the newer SL2 has found the evf improved in these flatter outdoor shooting conditions. 

Thanks,

Marc

Is this with manual or autofocus?

[marcwilson]

57 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said:

Is this with manual or autofocus?

it was with manual focus M lenses

[LocalHero1953]

9 minutes ago, marcwilson said:

it was with manual focus M lenses

Ah - I can't help you then! I only use AF.

[David Gao]

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On 2/21/2022 at 12:15 AM, marcwilson said:

Hi, I used an SL a year or so ago and whilst the evf was really clear indoors, under overcast flat outdoor conditions (which I like to work in) I found it harder to focus over other evf's I had used. It seemed to lose its brightness however I set it up as. I know some others had found this also but not everyone. 

I was wondering if anyone using the newer SL2 has found the evf improved in these flatter outdoor shooting conditions. 

Thanks,

Marc

I used SL1 for a year and bought a SL2 months ago. The color and brightness of SL1's EVF is quite different from the LCD, so sometimes it's hard for me to judge if the image in the EVF is really OK enough. I thought I would be satisfied with the EVF in SL2, but seems the color and brightness is OK, but when I amplify the image to help focus in EVF, I found it not very clear. So I am still trying more to find a solution.