I also don't like the EVF but I think the major different is this Panasonic
has full mechanical lens, the focusing and zooming are all mechanical and
marked very well, it is great for pre-focus snap. Doesn't like many
electronc control focusing where you have to do it on LCD screen. I think
the price here is less than US$1100 but I won't buy a small CDD camera at
that price, I hate the lack of DOF control.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:57 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Everyday camera
>
> Maybe I should have been a little more detailed. I have used a Nikon
> Coolpix with EVF. You can focus with it manually, but no one does it
> because it is painfully slow, difficult and "iffy". At this point in
> the technology an EVF is not really suitable for manual focus in my
> opinion and that is what you seemed to be interested in. The EVF in the
> Panasonic is not a particularly good one like the one in the Konica
> Minolta A2. It is fine for accurate framing with an autofocus camera.
>
> Another thought. Mostly the reviews indicate that the Leica/Panasonic
> sensor is noisier that the same size sensor from Nikon, Canon or
> others(In cameras that have more resolution and cost $1000 less). That
> means that you are going to have to post process the images to remove
> noise in many of your images or keep the enlargements small. If you
> keep the enlargements small there is no need to pay all that money for
> the Leica lens because you will never see its quality.
>
> But buying a camera can be subjective. For me, I would hate to spend
> $1600 for a camera and watch other people getting better images out
> their $800 cameras. There is no way an image out of the Panasonic will
> be as good as that from an Olympus C-8080 or any inexpensive DSLR +
> lens kit. I hate the idea of buying a camera for its manual focus lens
> and then not be able to tell whether it is focused in the viewfinder or
> that I will see noise using even the lowest ISO and that it will limit
> the size of a print unless I buy another program to process it. But
> that is just my opinion and you may love it.
>
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