Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09

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Subject: [Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:33:55 -0400
References: <502CE705-985B-42BA-97E8-CEE6D8AA1ADD@bex.net>

ALL the comments I've read say the accessory viewfinders (Panosonics and
Olympus' new one) are inferior to the built-ins on the G1 and GH1 and,
presumably, the new G2 line as well.

As a G1 user I've been quite surprised by how good the viewfinder is. I was
a skeptic about Live View versus SLR optical vfs. Indeed the G1 has two
features superior to the slr vf and the accessory versions will have these
too: the 5X magnification for focusing; and when using a MF lens, the
viewfinder goes dark if you're accidentally stopped down very low (the
camera cannot tell you your aperture digitally when you're using the MF
lenses) so you don't have to learn by taking a picture and seeing it
black...

of course no one on the LUG is that incompetent but still.....

Vince



On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Has anyone had personal experience with (or read comments by anyone who
> has) with both the GF-1's accessory EVF (DMW-LVF1) and the G1's built-in
> EVF? How do they compare for quality? I believe that G1's EVF uses a very
> high-pixel LCD with a much better image than the LVF1.
>
> The rumor mill has Panasonic replacing the current LFF-1 with one that uses
> the same high-density LCD screen as the G1. Any updates?
>
> ?howard
>
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Replies: Reply from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)
In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)