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Do you need these special lens filters?

Maybe you have a lens filter or two for your camera lenses, but have you ever used diopter lens filters? If you’re not yet familiar with them, today’s featured video by Mathieu Stern shows what these special filters can do, how much they cost, and why you may need them

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Achieve ideal sharpness in your viewfinder

It’s easy to adjust your camera if your viewfinder looks blurry. Next to your viewfinder, you’ll see a small wheel — this is called a diopter. With a lens cap on your lens, mount your tripod and then look through the viewfinder. Then turn this wheel until you achieve an

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Quick Tip: Blurry viewfinder? Adjust your diopter

If you consistently see a blurry viewfinder on your camera, but your images come back clear when you edit them, there’s one simple solution — adjust the wheel next to your viewfinder, called the diopter. This lets you customize the sharpness of what you see to your liking, making them

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Adjusting your diopter for optimal performance

The very first thing I do when I get a new camera (after I enter the mandatory date/time information and my copyright, of course) is to adjust the diopter, that little wheel that you can turn next to your viewfinder. This lets you customize the sharpness of what you see

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