browncam Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I have a Canon EOS RP. I like it and it suits me perfectly for my style of photography. A friend asked me to bring a studio flash unit to help him with family photographs. I was not the shooter, but I brought my RP anyway. The room was dark and when I set my camera to match the flash. (F8- 60th sec- ISO 100 ) I could not see anything through the vewfinder, because the camera assumed I was going to expose without flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_gallimore1 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I don't know about the Canon, but on most mirrorless cameras, there is an option to disable the 'exposure preview' and utilise the full brightness available from the EVF. I have it set to a function button on my Fujis, for this exact use. With the EVF uncoupled from exposure and free to gain-up, you can literally see in the dark, though things may get a bit grainy. I'm sure Canon has a similar setting, look for something like 'preview exposure in manual mode'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browncam Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 I don't know about the Canon, but on most mirrorless cameras, there is an option to disable the 'exposure preview' and utilise the full brightness available from the EVF. I have it set to a function button on my Fujis, for this exact use. With the EVF uncoupled from exposure and free to gain-up, you can literally see in the dark, though things may get a bit grainy. I'm sure Canon has a similar setting, look for something like 'preview exposure in manual mode'. I don't know about the Canon, but on most mirrorless cameras, there is an option to disable the 'exposure preview' and utilise the full brightness available from the EVF. I have it set to a function button on my Fujis, for this exact use. With the EVF uncoupled from exposure and free to gain-up, you can literally see in the dark, though things may get a bit grainy. I'm sure Canon has a similar setting, look for something like 'preview exposure in manual mode'. Thanks so much Steve. I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I use the evf on my Olympus with external flash and have no problems seeing in dark venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 RTFM, page 139: *camera symbol* in menu, sub tab 3 "expo. simulation" select "disable". Dunno if it will work well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Dunno if it will work well enough. On both my Sony a6000 and Nikon D7200 in LiveView, the EVF/LCD allow me to practically see in the dark, no problem. With enough available light to see, focus and compose by easily, it would be a poor camera that made simple viewfinding impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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