jonoslack
Active member
Quite agreethere's no way you can get more accurate manual focus with an OVF vs a zoomable EVF. EVF's can also be focused using the working aperture which does not introduce focus shift. parallax errors, from rangefinder cams, are also mitigated.
Added to which you can have focus peaking - used in professional quality videocameras for years - you can see the actual white balance rather than the actual colours (much easier to see if it's right at the time than when you get back to the studio).
The more I use an EVF the more I realise how useful it is for critical shooting. It's not as nice to look at I'm afraid, and you don't feel so involved - but I'm increasingly coming to the realisation that it's the way forward - not because we can't avoid it (which was what I used to think) but because it's a better set of compromises.