EVF’s are always inferior to optical ones even if the newest Sony ones have some compensations,
There’s pluses and minuses to both. Neither is inferior or superior. I swap back and forth between the a900 which has the best OVF ever featured on a dslr and a nex7 which has one of the best EVFs. I always miss the features of the other…
Molgrips may have a point with aps-c dslrs. Their viewfinders are tiny dim tunnels.
but holding up your camera like you’re holding up a baby with a stinky nappy to stare at the rear screen is really unsatisfactory, especially in any kind of sunlight. The Sony RX100 has a cool focus peaking display, but on the small rear screen it’s pretty useless, IME. It’s also harder to hold the camera steady.
You’re holding it wrong. Flip the screen out, brace it against your body and use it like a TLR. It gives the added advantage than nobody thinks you’re taking photos.
The main benefit of an optical viewfinder for me is that if you’re taking a photo of someone and after you press the shutter their expression changes, even a fraction, then you take another one. The same goes for capturing a moving object or even re-framing a shot. You can easily take multiple shots without looking away..
You haven’t used a modern EVF (an EVF isn’t a rear LCD, just in case you’re including those). I can tell. 🙂