How do you deal with viewfinder eyestrain?

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Antz is correct. Faster lenses have a larger maximum aperture and therefore you have a brighter viewfinder. I think basically, you have to just learn to not squint all the time. I try to not squint except when I am doing fine focusing. I also discovered I was not using my dominant eye and when I switched over I was squinting way less.


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Some cameras have a built in diopter thingy that lets you adjust it for your own eyesight. That's the official name of it by the way. I have astigmatism and nearsightedness and old eyes so all I can say is thank god for auto focusing. I have been on a bit of a Joe McNally kick lately and in one of his videos, he was doing a shoot with a skate park skater who was coming up over the edge of the bowl. Joe was shoving the Nikon D3 at him and basically letting it find its own focus. That's how good these cameras are now. He was using a wide angle which has a lot of depth of field but still.

Oh, yeah, it was in my effort to try and be all cool like Joe that I discovered that I was using the wrong eye.