Optical viewfinder -- how useful?

[RSH-Photography]

I'm considering purchasing an X100v. I wonder how often X100 camera users make use of the optical viewfinder. I've had the X-E1, X-E2 and now X-E3 and have become used to the EVF. So I wonder how useful an optical viewfinder is?

Edited March 8, 2023 by RSH-Photography
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[tombell13]

To be honest I mainly use the EV But I think if I was in a city I might like the optical one so that one can see people just before they enter the frame. 

[dbell]

In really bright light, the OVF is really nice to have. I could live without it, but I'd miss it. 

[bastibe]

I use the X-Pro for the viewfinder. That's its reason for being. It's what makes it unique. 

[man-overboard]

Agreed X-Pro uniqueness is for the viewfinder. One case where a viewfinder is absent is the Hasselblad 907X, step out in bright light or sunlight and trying to use the LCD is a pain. The accessory viewfinder is a pain also. A viewfinder is a necessity which I for one cannot do without.

[abmet]

Coming from Nikon DSLR I thought was important at first and I used it some but have gone to EVF almost exclusively now.  

[dbell]

When I have time to really work with a shot, I tend to use the EVF. What I've found recently, though, is that when I'm having to be quick, I use the OVF almost all the time. 

[Paul David Drabble]

Its useful to extend battery life, if you ever find yourself in a position where your battery life is low with no charged spare battery. Happened to me once with my X-Pro2 and the OVF pulled me out of the hole...