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Typo there, you misspelled "Dylan."
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GF-1 viewfinder
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iainmurray
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I just received my GF1 today with the EVF and I must say I'm impressed. The viewfinder is, in my opinion, not disappointing as some of the reviewers have suggested. In fact, it's really rather good, though not as crisp as the G1's. And yes, it is possible to manual focus with it.
Terry
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Great news !
Really great news for me. Now that it is showing up in the UK, hopefully it will not be long for the US. I can use the LCD most of the time and even use my 35mm finder, but that doesn't work for MF and I do want to carry one fast longer MF lens with me besides the 20. Can't wait.Great news !
Diane
iainmurray
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I forgot to mention that, as a bonus, the EVF comes in a beautifully crafted and designed leather case that's up to Leica standards.
ecsh
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LOL, thats right, i forgot to mention that. I will add that i took the hotshoe cover which comes with the GF1, and put it into that case for safe keeping.
I wasn't going to say anything. Glad someone has more b...s than me.
But after sober second thought, he couldn't really say "Thats fer the Dylan" . . . . . . . could he?
Keith
Ya' know that you're just adding salt to the wound--so to speak :ROTFL: I really really do want the EVF before the end of October, but wishing it so won't make it happen
and I would like to leave my order with Robert and not order from Japan--at a premium price at that.I've seen so much 'stuff' about Panasonic, marketing, delivery, etc. that I don't want to be one more that moans and complains, but...LOL--that being said, one does wonder what is in Panasonic's [corporate] head to not ship EVFs at the same time as the GF1? The big deal with the GF1 was that it had an accessory EVF as opposed to the Pen (and, of course, it shipped with that great 20 f1.7). It would seem that they would have had these babies in their hands--whether they produced them in house or bought (rethinking that--I know that they DO have them in hand in Japan). I like my GF1 but usage will drop as I need the EVF more and more and I pick up the G1. Of course, from their standpoint--I've already bought the camera so..... *sigh*
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Ianinmurray, are you one of those Brits that got the GF1 and EVF??
--or did you order it from Ebay also??iainmurray
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Diane - It pains me to tell you that I bought the EVF on eBay. In fact, I had it for almost a week before the camera arrived, which, I think you'll agree, is even more frustrating than being in your anxious state. Anyhow, I hope your EVF arrives soon. I know you won't be disappointed.Ianinmurray, are you one of those Brits that got the GF1 and EVF??
ecsh
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Diane
I did not quickly come to the decision to order the EVF from Ebay for the profit those guys charge, but, after living through the G1 fiasco, seeing the GH1 fiasco, i knew that if i wanted one before the camera was obsolete, i had to go there. Those damn camera sharks overseas know what they are doing to us poor folk over here waiting.<G>
By the way, i do not know if anyone has tried the Panny SD card yet, but i got a 8 Gig class 10 from B&H, and i do not think i can snap enough pics fast enough to slow it down. Never seen that before.
I did not quickly come to the decision to order the EVF from Ebay for the profit those guys charge, but, after living through the G1 fiasco, seeing the GH1 fiasco, i knew that if i wanted one before the camera was obsolete, i had to go there. Those damn camera sharks overseas know what they are doing to us poor folk over here waiting.<G>
By the way, i do not know if anyone has tried the Panny SD card yet, but i got a 8 Gig class 10 from B&H, and i do not think i can snap enough pics fast enough to slow it down. Never seen that before.
Terry
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Would you be kind enough to put the camera in burst mode Raw only (no jpeg) and count how many images it can fire off in the burst before it slows down to where it has to clear out space on the buffer. On a Trascend class 6 I get about 6 and I have a Sandisk Extreme III that gets 7. Would love to see what the new fast cards can do.
Thanks,
Terry
Yes, that would be worse
I just read on another forum that that particular person (who had just gotten it today from Ebay/Japan) didn't feel one could MF with the EVF. I've read conflicting reports from others with it, but I suspect it's more about getting used to it. I'm planning to MF plus compose and use AF. I don't expect wonders, just usable.
R
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Now that somebody's got the EVF, how about an effort to identify the connector it uses?
Going solely by the pictures I've seen, I'm wondering if it isn't a Mini-VGA connector of the type used on some Apple and Sony laptop computers...?
If it is, it opens up the possibility of using the EVF separately from the camera via an extension cable, which might be cool for some applications. For example, you could clip the EVF to your glasses and roam the urban landscape like some kind of street-shooting cyborg...
Going solely by the pictures I've seen, I'm wondering if it isn't a Mini-VGA connector of the type used on some Apple and Sony laptop computers...?
If it is, it opens up the possibility of using the EVF separately from the camera via an extension cable, which might be cool for some applications. For example, you could clip the EVF to your glasses and roam the urban landscape like some kind of street-shooting cyborg...
R
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Barjohn, thanks for checking. Guess that's one possibility off the list.
TEB, I didn't think it would be same pinouts as mini-VGA, I just wondered if they're using some sort of industry-standard connector. Of course, Panasonic certainly has enough clout to define a proprietary connector if they want.
But it would be handy to know if this were a commercially-available connector, in which case those with strong solder-fu could order a male/female set from an electronics supplier, splice them onto a cable, and make a handy extender. If nothing else, this could be a solution to the already-noted problem of how to use a shoe-mount flash and the EVF at the same time...
TEB, I didn't think it would be same pinouts as mini-VGA, I just wondered if they're using some sort of industry-standard connector. Of course, Panasonic certainly has enough clout to define a proprietary connector if they want.
But it would be handy to know if this were a commercially-available connector, in which case those with strong solder-fu could order a male/female set from an electronics supplier, splice them onto a cable, and make a handy extender. If nothing else, this could be a solution to the already-noted problem of how to use a shoe-mount flash and the EVF at the same time...