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Guessing is nonsense, of course. I use the LCD display for all my lenses, (from 15mm to 500mm). Some occasions with an OVF.

My iPhone does not offer a rangefinder either.🫠

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The answer is "yes" :)

Though mostly shooting film cameras these days.

When the subject is static I use an external OVF with the 21mm.

But in a highly dynamic situation on the street there is often no time for a peek even.

Other cases where I'm hesitant to use a viewfinder is to avoid drawing attention and affecting the subject by my presence more than necessary. I find that putting a camera to my face tends to "break the stealth" much more often than doing otherwise.

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I use a 21mm Elmarit on my M-P 240. I don't bother with an external viewfinder. You can learn quite quickly to guess what the field of view is with surprising accuracy.

Ernst

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on closeups I just guess.

Architecture: I typically use the evf or screen to get the line accurate. Architecture used to be quite stationary, somthere is plenty of time.
On a Laizy-Daisy day I guess an clean the lines in post. 

 

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I purchased the external EVF (Viso 020) with the intention to use it with the 21 SEM. In practice I have found it often more convenient to do initial framing, focusing and checking of exposure using the OVF and then final framing using the LCD.

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