Afterward, when I tapped on the viewfinder on the image of the coffee, it became sharp.
This is especially useful when using the camera with an optional viewfinder (sold separately).
Tapping anywhere in the viewfinder enables touch-to-focus, tapping and holding lets you select the autofocus mode.
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You can preview images on the 3-inch, 460k-dot LCD or the 201k-dot electronic viewfinder.
It is a different way of observing when you are not looking through a viewfinder.
Nokia City Lens displays information about local surroundings overlaid onto buildings as seen through the camera viewfinder.
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The A-OV Plus switches things up to a 4:3 aspect and adds an optical viewfinder to the mix.
If you'd rather not compose shots with the LCD screen, however, the A58 also has an OLED viewfinder.
We warn you: people will look at you oddly when you pull it out and take shots with its giant viewfinder!
There were initial reports of a slightly laggy electronic viewfinder and somewhat slow AF speeds, but I'm not terribly bothered.
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The X-5 features an electronic viewfinder with diopter adjustment for a clear view of the subject even under bright sunshine.
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There's also a super-sharp 922k-dot 3-inch LCD (no touchscreen here, not that we miss it) and a built-in optical viewfinder.
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Using the phone's camera viewfinder, Nokia City Lens basically turns sight into the next interface for searching the world around you.
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Designed for versatility, the GY-HM650 features a 1.22 MP color viewfinder and color 3.5-inch LCD to handle run-and-gun and tripod-based stand-ups.
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When you spend a lot of time peering at gadgets through a viewfinder, you soon get tired of your own reflection.
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Look inside the optical viewfinder and you'll get a meter that helps you determine how you're oriented respective to the horizon.
The SMART CAMERA App. also features a Remote Viewfinder function for the NX300, allowing for even more inventive and exciting photography.
Asked for an example of how Glass would be used, he said he wanted a viewfinder for his single lens reflex camera.
The frame lines frame precisely the shot the photographer envisages, while allowing a clear view of the scene outside the viewfinder frame.
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The LCD viewfinder is among the cheesiest I've seen of late, with a measly 113, 000 pixels, compared with some cheaper models' 180, 000.
The natural, bright viewfinder offers a horizontal field of view of 25-degrees, allowing users to scan the entire scene quickly and easily.
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The animal lay silently in the darkness of the trailer, its eyes burning red in the viewfinder of the men's night-vision camera.
While purists may lament the A99's lack of an optical viewfinder, the camera's OLED EVF was plenty sharp and color-accurate to our eyes.
It also has an optical viewfinder, paired with a 3.2-inch 1.04-million-dot LCD on the rear, which looks just as sharp as you might expect.
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Worse, using the high-definition wide-screen mode puts black bars at the top and bottom of the viewfinder, reducing the effective pixel count by 25%.
Enthusiasts will also appreciate other thoughtful features made to appeal to more advanced photographers, such as the 100% frame coverage seen through optical viewfinder.
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The fairgrounds were full of duct-tape sculptures, such as a 20ft-tall Mr Potato Head toy, a Transformers action figure, and an old-fashioned red viewfinder.
He says he was firing the camera in hopes the flash would alert the train operator and was not even looking at the viewfinder.
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That post provoked an angry backlash from SLR fans who believe you can't beat a viewfinder that gives you exactly what your lens is seeing.
Its diopter adjustment mechanism assures the user of the clearest view of both subject and viewfinder display, while minimizing eye fatigue during extended shooting sessions.
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