Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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