Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OhMyGosh, you're right, George! (and Frank, too) I completely ignored what I had assumed would be a high quality EVF finder like on my Olympus C-8080. Duh! How can Olympus have left that out?! I guess we are all more a dying breed than ever imagined, those of us who still would like a camera held up to the eyes occasionally. Does NOBODY bother anymore to make a creative camera without completely abdicating to marketing and the bean counters!? I do use the view screen on my E-330 sometimes, George, but just for special purposes like viewing through a twin lens reflex, or shooting while braced on a table top, or composing on a tripod with the camera cranked above my head. Very handy and creative sometimes for shots I would never have acquired through the optical viewfinder approach. You're right, Doug - without an EVF, the EP-1 is a P&S :-( Regretfully, Gary I'm completely At 05:20 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote: >Hi Gary, > >How do you suppose one would know where it's focusing >when looking through an optical view finder on top of the camera? > >Or do you feel comfortable with holding the camera at arms length >to view the screen? > >Regards, >George Lottermoser