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Electronic Viewfinders

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Abstract

A viewfinder is a compact unit that, when positioned appropriately in front of the eye, allows a photographer or videographer to asses an image or video sequence for some combination of, or before, during, and after, capture. We review and compare different classes of viewfinder and their applications.

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Abbreviations

DSC:

Digital Still Camera

DVC:

Digital Video Camera

DVP:

Direct-View Panel

D-DLR:

Digital Single-Lens-Reflex

EID:

Electronic Information Display

EVF:

Electronic Viewfinder

EVIL:

Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens

FoV:

Field Of View

HTPS:

High Temperature Polysilicon

OLED:

Organic Light Emitting Diode

OVF:

Optical Viewfinder

PHOLED:

Phosphorescent OLED

P-OLED:

Polymer OLED

qVGA:

Quarter VGA (320 × 240 Pixels)

SLR:

Single-Lens-Reflex

SMOLED:

Small-Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode

VGA:

Variable Graphics Adapter; Normally 640 × 480 Pixels

VF:

Viewfinder or View-Finder

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Further Reading

  • Armitage D, Underwood I, Wu ST (2006) Introduction to microdisplays. Wiley, Chichester, UK

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Ahmad Wafi Mahmood Zuhdi and Krzysztof Nguyen of the University of Edinburgh for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

    Ian Underwood (Professor of Electronic Displays)

  2. Optovise Ltd, Midlothian Innovation Centre, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RE, UK

    David Steven

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Underwood, I., Steven, D. (2012). Electronic Viewfinders. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_138

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