What does a viewfinder with less than 100% coverage miss?
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If a camera viewfinder shows less than 100% coverage, what parts of the final image are not visible while composing? Are the unseen areas usually around the edges of the frame?
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What you're missing is the edges of what will show up in the picture. Exactly how much on which sides is open to question -- typically what you see won't be perfectly centered in the picture.
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Yes. With a viewfinder that offers less than 100% coverage, the final photo includes a little more around the outer edges than you saw when composing. In other words, the missing area is typically at the borders of the frame.
Exactly how much extra appears on each side can vary, and what you see is not always perfectly centered relative to the captured image. So the unseen area may not be evenly distributed on all four sides, but it will generally be some additional content around the edges of the photo.
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