Sony Viewfinders

Steve Phillipps · October 10th, 2008, 07:02 AM

Seems like very few people have tried the EVF200 viewfinder that's meant for the PDW700. I now have and looked at it side-by-side with a more typical (and £1000 more expensive) EVF20, and I can say that there's to my mind not much to choose between them. I was quite prepared to spend the extra £1000 if the 200 was no good, but it's not the case. In fact the EVF200 has a cool little thing that I've never seen before, a little light underneath that illuminates your lens aperture/zoom/focus rings! Maybe of limited use, but so cool!
The 200 has a sort of glossy rather than dimpled finish to it, so maybe looks a touch cheaper, but anyone looking closely to see how well finished your viewfinder is needs to get out more!
Steve

Greg Boston · October 11th, 2008, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Phillipps

In fact the EVF200 has a cool little thing that I've never seen before, a little light underneath that illuminates your lens aperture/zoom/focus rings!

Believe it or not Steve, the several years old Canon FU-1000 b/w VF option for the XL series cameras has that feature. It's actually made by Ikegami.

-gb-

Ivan Snoeckx · October 14th, 2008, 04:14 AM

Sony's DXF-801 viewfinder that is used on the DSR-250, DSR-450WS and DSR-500WS also has this feature.

October 10th, 2008, 07:02 AM	#1
Steve Phillipps Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 713	Sony Viewfinders Seems like very few people have tried the EVF200 viewfinder that's meant for the PDW700. I now have and looked at it side-by-side with a more typical (and £1000 more expensive) EVF20, and I can say that there's to my mind not much to choose between them. I was quite prepared to spend the extra £1000 if the 200 was no good, but it's not the case. In fact the EVF200 has a cool little thing that I've never seen before, a little light underneath that illuminates your lens aperture/zoom/focus rings! Maybe of limited use, but so cool! The 200 has a sort of glossy rather than dimpled finish to it, so maybe looks a touch cheaper, but anyone looking closely to see how well finished your viewfinder is needs to get out more! Steve

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October 14th, 2008, 04:14 AM	#3
Ivan Snoeckx Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belgium \| Europe Posts: 292	Sony's DXF-801 viewfinder that is used on the DSR-250, DSR-450WS and DSR-500WS also has this feature.