Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found the GF1 and the Olympus E-P1 unusable with auto or manual focus since it has no viewfinder and you have to peer at the screen on the back - impossible to hold still enough in my opinion. The micro 4/3 cameras I have used -with- a viewfinder, the Panasonic G1 and GH1, are super easy to focus manually and a pleasure to use. The Olympus E-P2 with its accessory viewfinder is OK, though it is so peppered with buttons that it is hard to pick up without inadvertently changing a setting, also the viewfinder pokes out and is bulky making it less easy to slide in a pocket than the GH1. I found both the viewfinderless micro 4/3 bodies to be in practice only a touch smaller than these two and not to my taste at all. Frank ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Unsworth <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, 26 August, 2010 16:38:40 Subject: Re: [Leica] New 4/3 equipment? I find manually focussing my GF1 much slower than the Canon dslrs I used to own. In fact using the rear screen outdoors was almost impossible for me. The clip on evf has improved things, but it's still not as fast as with the Canons. I'd still be curious to try the new cv lens though. Steve Sent from my iPhone On 26 Aug 2010, at 16:31, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > Your cheating! > Luckily my R8 DMR is easy to focus, but the EVF m4/3 cameras are better, > for >example, than a Canon EOS 1Ds for manual focussing IME. > Frank _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information