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

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Subject: [Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:59:12 -0400
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I agree totally with Vince and James.  The G1 viewfinder is simply  
incredible.  Works especially well in low light (compared to a SLR  
viewfinder) and the ability to add a grid, change ISO, metering, etc.  
while viewing is a big plus.

Rob
On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:56 PM, James Laird wrote:

> I agree completely with Vince. I have a GH1 and I would say it has the
> best electronic viewfinder I've every seen. It does get a little
> 'grainy' in low light but still indicates proper focus, even in the
> manual focus mode. Not as pocketable as the GF-1 but it has the swing
> and rotate LCD which the GF1 doesn't have which I myself have found
> very handy, and when you add the accessory viewfinder to the GF1 it
> not only adds to it's expense but makes it harder to slip into your
> pocket.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Vince Passaro  
> <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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 passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)
In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] GF-1 and G1 EVFs)