EVF sun damage possible?

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515productions
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I just switched over to Arri from RED. I haven't had an EVF for a very long time, and the last one I had was a SmallHD with a diopter which was very susceptive to damage from the sun if pointed at it on accident. I am curious if this EVF is similar? I have searched around but haven't found an answer anywhere. I am going to continue to follow the practice of pointing the EVF down when not using it, but I was curious how "fragile" they actually are.

Thanks!
Jan Heugel
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Dear Ian,

I inquired with our camera service department at the Munich HQ. Without digging in the system they are not aware of a sunburn defect with EVF-1/2 or MVF-1.

So eighter we're looking at a commendable act of care taking of the EVFs (as it used to be mandatory with film cameras before anyhow) or it is unlikely to happen.


Cheers,
Jan
Jan Heugel
Application Engineer
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