Seeing Your LCD in Bright Daylight

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If you’re out shooting during the day, and you’ve ever tried to see your images on the LCD screen on the back of your camera, you already know that unless it’s a really cloudy day, you can barely make out anything—the bright sun washes out that tiny 3" LCD screen, and you can’t tell if your shots are in focus or composed right or, in some cases, if the camera even fired. That’s why I always carry a Hoodman HoodLoupe. It doesn’t magnify your screen, but it does cover the LCD and darken the area around it to such an extent that it looks like you’re looking at your screen in the dead of night (even though it’s crazy ...

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