Sony Alpha A77 (Electronic View Finder)

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Hi Guys and Girls.

I have just got the Sony Alpha A77 for Christmas and it is a wonderful piece of equipment. However I came across a problem at the weekend and I am looking for any solutions.

I was doing a studio shoot and the studio lights had been set up with a light meter. The exposure settings were put into the camera (1/125th, f9, ISO100). The modelling lights were very dim.
When I looked through the EVF it was pitch black with these settings so I could not compose the model in the image correctly I was having to guess and as a result I had lots of shots where limbs were cut into or sometimes cut off altogether.

My question is once the exposure is set in the camera how do I overcome the darkness of the EVF (Electronic View Finder)?

Regards
Gaz
 
What the screen is showing you is the exposure without your extra light (flash)
 
If you go in menu there should be an option to turn off exposure live view or whatever it's called.
 
Thanks Matt I will have a delve into the Menu System and see if I can find anything.
 
Thanks Paul. I thought there must be some way of improving the brightness so I can compose the image. Otherwise it would be totally useless for Studio Photography.
 
Thanks Guys.....found the setting in the Menu, works like a treat .... soooo happy. Best Regards Gaz.
 
gadgeteer said:
Yep, as above. Works great. It's a real surprise to me that they never included this in the A33/A55 which made the practically useless unless you fancied taping up the pop up flash.
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I think it will either fire flash or the hotshoe? I've had that issue, f8 and wide angle and guess :-(
 
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