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The Ute
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Xitek EVF for Sigma


Since many are hankering for an EVF for their Sigma I am providing a link where you can purchase one in English:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sigma-DP-EVF/1951855670.html

I just received mine and am told I was the very 1st person outside of Asia to have successfully ordered one.

No wonder as the site was almost completely in Chinese.

Hat tip to Microsoft Translator.

Feel free to pass the info. on to any interested parties.

Happy shopping.




Jul 19, 2014 at 09:48 PM
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How does it work ?

Is the 320x240 resolution feel pretty limiting ?

I'm really surprised Sigma didn't make a high resolution add-on EVF for the quattro



Jul 19, 2014 at 11:38 PM
Tariq Gibran
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Xitek EVF for Sigma


It works by grabbing the video signal from the USB port of the camera. Imaging-Resource has an article about it here:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/07/08/quirky-third-party-evf-for-sigmas-dp-series-cameras-hooks-up-via-usb-port



Jul 20, 2014 at 07:56 AM
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I meant more how does it work in terms of actual usage, rather than how it technically operates.

How does it work when your out in the bright sun ? The Merrill LCD's are pretty poor to put it mildly, so an EVF could be a great advantage, however, this is only a 320x240 EVF, so certainly nothing close to the resolution one may be used to on a Sony A7, Fuji XT1 etc.

Even if its low rez, does it have enough resolution to let you judge focus ?

It is bright enough, and is the color/contrast/brightness fairly representative to what is captured ?

Does the EVF suffer any lag ?

Those type of real world usage questons, though the IR article is interesting reading



Jul 20, 2014 at 11:33 AM
The Ute
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Xitek EVF for Sigma


millsart wrote:
How does it work ?

Is the 320x240 resolution feel pretty limiting ?

I'm really surprised Sigma didn't make a high resolution add-on EVF for the quattro


It is not 320 x 240 on the Merrill.

It is 640 x 480.

About 97% coverage.

I haven't used it enough yet to give a complete opinion.

For what I do (landscapes) I think it will be fine based on what I have tried

I think I'd much rather use something like this than the Hoodman.

That is what I was using.

It isn't a perfect solution b any means but my expectations were modest going in.



Jul 20, 2014 at 05:14 PM





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