Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Strangely enough I find the electronic eye-level viewfinders in the micro 4/3 cameras quite useable. I had an Olympus E3, which had a hugely sophisticated optical viewfinder but was completely hobbled by the small mirror/focusing screen. My Panasonic GH1 viewfinder is larger and brighter than that and I can focus fine using it. You have to set the camera to switch off the instant view facility otherwise the viewfinder doesn't stay "live" after a shot. It is my second most used camera after the M9. Other than that I don't find it to be too big a problem. Certainly it is no Leica R8, but I much prefer it to the budget mirror "prism" viewfinders on inexpensive dSLRs. Clearly we all have different tastes! FD On 13 Jul, 2012, at 10:28, Gerry Walden wrote: > I had an Olympus EPL2 and added the TTL viewfinder which made it eye level > (a similar device is available for the Panasonic), and I also had a > Panasonic GH2 with an eye level viewfinder. Both were very good at eye > level, but the killer for me was the electronic rather than optical > viewfinder. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 13 Jul 2012, at 09:27, Charlie Chan wrote: > >> No viewfinder - not a proper camera! >> >> Charlie >> >> Charlie Chan >> www.charlie-chan.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> On 13 Jul 2012, at 09:21, FRANK DERNIE wrote: >> >>> No viewfinder. I have tried taking pictures at arms length, -hate- it. I >>> even don't use the camera on my phone because of this. >>> I'm probably in a minority, but after wasting money on several cameras >>> with no viewfinder I know I would never use it. >>> FD >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:08 >>>> Subject: [Leica] Companion to the Leica M9? >>>> >>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_rx100.shtml >>>> >>>> Sounds interesting. Shirt-pocketable is always a good thing. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information