Is diopter necessary?

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  • 05-14-2005, 09:06 PM
    picard
    Is diopter necessary?
    Is diopter adjustment necessary for a digital camera? How does it work? The sony DSC V3 doesn't have this feature but its LCD screen is very bright, and has vivid colors. If sony remove this option , would it cause the user to miss the target of the shot?
  • 05-15-2005, 06:52 AM
    Trevor Ash
    Re: Is diopter necessary?
    A diopter doesn't change a thing about the camera. It changes how you see things when looking through the viewfinder. It's a corrective vision tool. For some people diopters are necessary.
  • 05-15-2005, 02:34 PM
    picard
    Re: Is diopter necessary?
    how does the diopter work? I wear eye glasses. I prefer to use the LCD screen because it has better resolution and display actual objects.
  • 05-15-2005, 03:26 PM
    SmartWombat
    Re: Is diopter necessary?
    If the LCD screen is on the back of the camera, then you don't need a diopter adjustment.
    You only need the adjustment on a view of an internal LCD (Minolta A1, A2, Z1, Panasonic FZ20) because that involved magnifying lenses and focussing on a tiny screen.
  • 05-16-2005, 09:44 AM
    OldSchool
    Re: Is diopter necessary?
    The diapter adjustment is necessary for me when I look through the viewfinder of an SLR (I wear glasses). Otherwise, things look out of fucus when actual focused. It has nothing to do with the LCD preview.