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Hello all. I'm 83, live in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs, and switched from film a long time ago. For years I used Nikon DSLRs. I started with a "pocket" Sony WX300 two years ago and now have an RX100M3, an a6000 and an a7II and have sold all my Nikon gear. I also have a Fuji X-T1 with many lens and at times am torn between using it and the Sony cameras. Why I joined the forum today was because I think it may have solved a very frustrating problem I have with my a7II: I take a lot of photos outdoors with the camera held very low using the LCD pulled out. Yesterday I was trying to catch a new baby preying mantis only an inch long sitting on a small orange poppy flower in a pot only 15" above the ground. At 83, I don't get down on the ground easily, so I love the flip out LCD. Unfortunately I was having a devil of a time getting the LCD to come on and stay on! And this in bright mid afternoon sunshine! Doing a Google search for "Sony a7II eye sensor sensitivity problems" I finally found this forum with a discussion back in April where the recommended solution was to stick a neutral gray "sticky" over the left half of the eye sensor, and after doing so, the problem (for some) was solved. OK, I am confused. If holding the camera too close to one's body puts the eye sensor in shade, causing it to think it is being held up to one's eye, I would think that putting anything over that sensor to dim the light entering, would automatically cause it to switch to the EVF causing the LCD to go blank. Can anyone explain to me why this works half dimming the light entering the sensor? Thanks in advance, Bill Fifer