I shoot mostly landscapes and I like long exposures with ND filters. Coming from a d700 to the d600, I'm in love with the sensor, not so much with the eyepiece. As far as I can see, the DK-5 eyepiece cover is my only option. It certainly works as a shutter, but has a high hassle factor in use and is small enough to be easily lost. It just seems like Nikon could have put on a proper shutter eyepiece. I know, it's the budget FF, and they had to cut cost somewhere - but at least they could offer it as an option.
I've looked but can find no aftermarket solution. I'm open to ideas before I resort to black tape.
camboman wrote:
I shoot mostly landscapes and I like long exposures with ND filters. Coming from a d700 to the d600, I'm in love with the sensor, not so much with the eyepiece. As far as I can see, the DK-5 eyepiece cover is my only option. It certainly works as a shutter, but has a high hassle factor in use and is small enough to be easily lost. It just seems like Nikon could have put on a proper shutter eyepiece. I know, it's the budget FF, and they had to cut cost somewhere - but at least they could offer it as an option.
I've looked but can find no aftermarket solution. I'm open to ideas before I resort to black tape....Show more →
The eye piece cover is a pain, but it's the only thing I've seen for the lower end cameras.
I would put my hat over the back of the camera to cover the viewfinder when I used a camera without the nice viewfinder which seemed to work good.
Is this really a big issue? I'm asking because I switched to a Nikon D600 after shooting Canon for 10 years and in that time I never needed to cover the viewfinder on either of my Canon bodies. I am wondering if this is something to be concerned with or not. Thanks-
Paul
PeaktoPeek wrote:
Is this really a big issue? I'm asking because I switched to a Nikon D600 after shooting Canon for 10 years and in that time I never needed to cover the viewfinder on either of my Canon bodies. I am wondering if this is something to be concerned with or not. Thanks-
Paul
If you're shooting long exposure it's good to cover the viewfinder because light can enter the VF and mess up the exposure. I've had this happen.
davidnholtjr wrote:
If you're shooting long exposure it's good to cover the viewfinder because light can enter the VF and mess up the exposure. I've had this happen.
How long are we talking? I haven't had any issues and I often have exposures of 15-20 sec -- is this more of an issue with exposures of 30+ seconds? I usually shoot landscapes, so the light level is usually pretty low and as a result I get some long exposures. I also don't usually shoot with the sun directly behind me, so maybe that is why I haven't run into the issue before. Like I said, I am coming from a Canon, so I am wondering if this is more prevalent with a Nikon camera or not. Thanks!
PeaktoPeek wrote:
How long are we talking? I haven't had any issues and I often have exposures of 15-20 sec -- is this more of an issue with exposures of 30+ seconds? I usually shoot landscapes, so the light level is usually pretty low and as a result I get some long exposures. I also don't usually shoot with the sun directly behind me, so maybe that is why I haven't run into the issue before. Like I said, I am coming from a Canon, so I am wondering if this is more prevalent with a Nikon camera or not. Thanks!
My problem came on because the sun was behind me. so it was needed to cover the VF. But most times one may not need to. At the time I had the problem I was using a Canon 7D, so it doesn't matter if it's Nikon or Canon.
