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You can draw your own conclusions of these two system by looking at them side-by-side.  They are roughly the same size, however the basic design approach looks quite different.  The LCDVF has a smooth, more organic look whereas Zacuto’s Z-Finder V2 has a more industrial look.  The LCDVF actually has more in common with the first generation Z-Finder than the V2.

The first thing noticed in this view is the red adjustment ring on the Zacuto.  The height of the LCDVF also appears somewhat exaggerated in this view.

Slightly elevated view.  You can start to see the heart of each system, the optics.

The business end of these two viewfinders.

Shortly, I’ll have two viewfinders for review, Zacuto’s Z-Finder V2 and the LCDVF.

With the addition of HD video capture on several Canon and Nikon bodies, companies large and small have been scrambling to come up with a solution to the manual focusing issues of these V-DSLRs. Manual focusing isn’t too difficult through the viewfinder when shooting stills, but it can be a challenge with shooting video, since only the rear LCD is available for review.

With a limited number of pixels on a relatively small screen it can be hard to attain critically sharp focus especially when using fast lenses with wide open apertures. Stay tuned for the shoot out.