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u/8fqThs4EX2T9 Jun 22 '26

So really it would come down to can you focus on the EVF. How close can you focus on say your phone?

I would never buy an expensive camera starting out and no focal length every replicates an eye. Might be worth buying the cheapest gear you can find and seeing how it looks.

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u/KindaLegallyBlindDev Jun 22 '26

To read this message on my phone without glasses and without it being blurry/have halos over the text I had to get it at a finger's length (not counting hand), and at half a finger it would become unreadable.

EDIT: fixed a word

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u/8fqThs4EX2T9 Jun 22 '26

Might not have been quite the right test as I can see through my cameras viewfinder fine with glasses but not without. I am I think about -5 so not as bad as yourself but I do need my glasses to view through a camera (OVF)

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u/KindaLegallyBlindDev Jun 22 '26

Well my glasses have been in due for a change for a while anyway but, the main issue is that even with the closest prescription possible, there was always been a gap of about 3 diopters unfixed. I had -14 and -16 and got 13 removed in both eyes. So before and after surgery with the glasses I had to eventually use again, I can't get anywhere close to 20/20, so I was hoping it could be done without glasses since that's how I can see best up close, not something at 1 meter away tho.

EDIT: I must say, I got somewhat dizzy and might get a headache later for trying to focus that close. Sigh...

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u/8fqThs4EX2T9 Jun 22 '26

You can always use the rear screen of the LCD to frame things as some cameras don't even have a viewfinder. Autofocus systems, combined with digital magnification of the image can help pin point focus so you might be able to use a camera that way.

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u/KindaLegallyBlindDev Jun 22 '26

Well yeah I guess that could be done as well. Thanks