OT: LCD Glare Solution

bigrock wrote on 5/10/2008, 1:19 AM
I've always had a problem with LCD Glare. I might be standing up on Glacier, or shooting a waterfall, and the LCD Screens are basically invisible, don't matter how bright they are. So I've finally found a two part solution:

1. Installed a Cleartouch antiglare screen LCD protector screens from BoxWave.com, less than $10, and

2. Installed a HoodMan LCD Hoods from Hoodman USA. I bought the HD-300 model, and the H-400 Model. What a difference the HoodMan makes, I can actually see the Screens now. For the $25 this thing costs, it's worth it's weight in gold.

I wish I'd discovered these items sooner, would have saved a lot of squinting.

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Comments

farss wrote on 5/10/2008, 3:17 AM
Hoodman stuff is great. You can also get a lens that slips into the hood to magnify the LCD. Perhaps not so much use with the older low res LCDs however clipping the one for my old D8 onto the EX1 LCD makes for a big improvement when focusing. Now I just need to get the one that's the right size for the EX1 LCD.

One caveat though. Out in the sun that extra lens on the LCD can bring back the glare problem with reflections off the lens as it's not very deep inside the hood.

Bob.
Bob.
Serena wrote on 5/10/2008, 9:05 PM
The answer to that is to use a rubber eye cap on the lens. I've just finished my prototype so I'll send you a photo Bob.
Coursedesign wrote on 5/10/2008, 11:39 PM
How about a sheepskin Eye Muff?

I think Hoodman makes those too.
farss wrote on 5/11/2008, 2:55 AM
Thanks Serena, looking forward to seeing that.
I hope it's heated for those chilly Melbourne morning shoots.

Bob.

Richard Jones wrote on 5/11/2008, 3:30 AM
All good advice but what's wrong with using the optical viewfinder?

I rarely use the LCD screen and if I have to hand hold the camera I secure a small degree of added stability when I hold it tight to the face.

I also worry that using the LCD screen can make you lazy about the way you handle or position the camera. It almost seems to encourage you to take too many shots from normal eye height rather than encouraging you to bend the knees (especially important when taking shots of children as the perspective is so much better when taken from thweir level).

Regards,

Richard Jones
farss wrote on 5/11/2008, 3:49 AM
Optical viewfinder?

Well OK, we could have bought one for our SI-2K but went for the OLED one. Compared to the cost of the optical one it was pretty cheap.

If however you mean the not optical one on the EX1 it's less than useless. It got ditched for obvious reasons on the EX3.

Bob.
Serena wrote on 5/11/2008, 7:00 AM
Wish we did have through-the-lens viewing, and I agree that head + 2 hands is steadier than holding away from the body. However the EVFs in most pro-sumer cameras are not good in terms of focusing. Generally people use external monitors because video viewfinders are inadequate for everything except framing. I don't agree that an EVF makes low shots easier and would have said that the LCD provides that facility.
The EX3 has a beefed up mounting for the LCD and Sony added a hood and eyepiece and, as Bob says, did away with the EVF (as seen in the EX1). In principle a hood and eyepiece can be added to the EX1 LCD, with proviso that care is taken not to overload the LCD mounting. Why do that? Actually the LCD is excellent, if not as good as TTL viewing.