Which camera type includes a digital viewfinder instead of viewing light directly with the lens?

Which camera type includes a digital viewfinder instead of viewing light directly with the lens?

• A. DSLR
• B. Bridge
• C. MILC
• D. Point-and-Shoot

Answer: (C)

Digital viewfinders show the scene as a live feed from the camera’s sensor, not through optical light coming directly from the lens. That setup happens in mirrorless cameras (MILCs), which have no reflex mirror and instead display the image on an electronic viewfinder or the LCD. This is why the correct choice is the MILC: it uses an electronic/digital viewfinder rather than an optical path from the lens to your eye. In contrast, a DSLR relies on an optical viewfinder through a mirror and prism, so you see light directly from the lens. Point-and-shoots typically use only an LCD for composing, and bridge cameras, while sometimes offering an EVF, are not defined by interchangeable lenses and the absence of a mirror in the same way MILCs are.

Digital viewfinders show the scene as a live feed from the camera’s sensor, not through optical light coming directly from the lens. That setup happens in mirrorless cameras (MILCs), which have no reflex mirror and instead display the image on an electronic viewfinder or the LCD. This is why the correct choice is the MILC: it uses an electronic/digital viewfinder rather than an optical path from the lens to your eye.

In contrast, a DSLR relies on an optical viewfinder through a mirror and prism, so you see light directly from the lens. Point-and-shoots typically use only an LCD for composing, and bridge cameras, while sometimes offering an EVF, are not defined by interchangeable lenses and the absence of a mirror in the same way MILCs are.