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Exploring the viewfinder display

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Exploring the viewfinder display

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As we've discussed, one of the great advantages of an SLR is that you actually look through the same lens that exposes the sensor. This gives you a very accurate viewfinder, and that allows you to have a very bright, clear viewfinder. Now, the viewfinder eyepiece is surrounded by a cover, and it happens to be removable, which allows you easier access for cleaning, and lets you swap in other covers and accessories. To remove it, you just pinch the sides and lift straight up, and it just slides off there, and you can see it's slotted around here, so now you could put on a different type of eyepiece cover. You might put on, like, a right angle viewfinder, so if you do a lot of macro work, that can be handy. The back of your manual will show a lot of different accessories that can go here. But as I said, it also makes it easier to clean this out if it gets dirty. To put it back on, I just slot this in, it only goes the right way, and push down until it clicks. If it's seated properly…

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