Uses less battery and works much better in low light.
>You have to move from the viewfinder to look at the LCD to check exposure then go back to the viewfinder, repeatedly.
If I want to check the histogram then I shoot with the mirror locked up, but modern DSLRs have very reliable autoexposure systems, in my experience at least.
>EVF shows you exactly what your picture going to look like.
It shows you what it will look like on a small screen with low dynamic range. You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight information.
>You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight information.
Sure...which you only get on an LCD. IMO the only dealbreakers with EVFs are refresh rate, battery consumption and color gamut. If I were a camera maker, I would not be banking on any of those not being solved problems in the next five years.
I think it's pretty optimistic to think that the battery life issues will be solved in the next five years. It doesn't look like we're going to be getting significantly more energy dense batteries or lower energy display technologies in that timeframe. (Not in consumer products, anyway.)
On the launch live stream, one of the commentators said that he used the a9 all day, took 2,200 pictures with autofocus, and still had 40% battery life remaining -- This is approaching 'solved' for the majority of camera users. I've got an older mirrorless with a subpar battery so I'm definitely sympathetic to the issues but anything over a few thousand pictures is good enough.
I don't think battery use is a real important issue simply because the cost of batteries is so low. I was able to buy two extras for my a6000 for about $19.
> It shows you what it will look like on a small screen with low dynamic range. You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight information.
EVF shows me the histogram (can toggle it on and off without moving my eye).
That's cool. However, there's no fundamental reason why a DSLR viewfinder couldn't show a histogram too. It's not an important feature for me personally, but YMMV.
> However, there's no fundamental reason why a DSLR viewfinder couldn't show a histogram too.
You'd need to have to reduce the optical image size to make room for an LCD display, have a HUD to overlay a digital image over the OVF optical image, or have another moving mirror and toggle between EVF and OVF to do that on a DSLR.
Which is to stay that an in-viewfinder histogram is possible but not easy for a DSLR.
Just that this feature could be added to DSLRs, so it's not inherently an advantage of mirrorless cameras. Of course if you already have an EVF there is no additional cost associated with providing the histogram overlay. But if everyone starts demanding in-viewfinder histograms, DSLR manufacturers could add that feature.
Uses less battery and works much better in low light.
>You have to move from the viewfinder to look at the LCD to check exposure then go back to the viewfinder, repeatedly.
If I want to check the histogram then I shoot with the mirror locked up, but modern DSLRs have very reliable autoexposure systems, in my experience at least.
>EVF shows you exactly what your picture going to look like.
It shows you what it will look like on a small screen with low dynamic range. You have to look at the histogram to see if you're losing shadow/highlight information.