Viewfinder Problem

[Jimbo2452]

Hi, I'm new to the Fuji XPro 1 system, getting used to the camera is fun, having used Nikon up till now, but making my way round it. However,  there's a problem in that the lens appears in the viewfinder. Not always, but there has  to be a way of getting rid of it. Can anyone help with this?

[milandro]

I am afraid that it is the way it works and has always worked with camera with viewfinders.

 

If the lens is too large or long you will see it. that is why they introduced the 35mmf 2 (smaller than the 1.4) and they seem to want to introduce a 23mm f 2 and a 50mm f 2.

 

But there is no way to avoid seeing what is unavoidably there unless you use the EVF ( which won’t work with the 90 apparently).

[Larry Bolch]

Rangefinder style cameras leave your left eye unblocked, so you have the option of shooting with both eyes open using actual rangefinder technique.

 

Traditionally, frame-lines in the optical finder have been only an approximation of what you are photographing. This was fine in the golden age of photojournalism with the emphasis on the "decisive moment". The shooter routinely did the composing in the darkroom while making the print. Of course, this did not work once colour publishing began to flourish and slides became the standard medium for publications. Thus the rise of single lens reflex cameras with accurate viewing.

 

With rangefinder style cameras, float the frame-lines around the subject and grab the image when the moment is right. Use your left eye to look for detail and determine timing as necessary, ignoring the lens in the viewfinder. Realise you are looking THROUGH the camera, not into it. With an SLR or the EVF, you are watching a movie projected or recreated on a screen inside the camera. It is a bit more detached than viewing the subject directly and is tempting to dwell on composition and so on. The X-Pro cameras give you both worlds.