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With the handgrip for the right hand and the flip/swing LCD on the left, who would the touch screen benefit?
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Men?With the handgrip for the right hand and the flip/swing LCD on the left, who would the touch screen benefit?
People with long noses of course.Oh. Never mind.
Those using tripods?? Not completely sure, but I would imagine that one could get used to using your left thumb to tap a location where you want the camera to focus while using both hands.With the handgrip for the right hand and the flip/swing LCD on the left, who would the touch screen benefit?
I don't know... what would Panasonic learn from Leica?wonder who did panasonic consult when they decided on a strategy to go with touch screen. maybe they talked to steve jobs.
if they wanted to upgrade the g1, they should have made it rugged, pro oriented, maybe look at their long time partner leica and learn from them.
i loved the interface of the digilux 2, which was made by panasonic.
I am sure the 14mm prime is being made for the GF1 shooter that wants to use small primes.I too have been skeptical about Panasonic's marketing skills ever since I read about their new 14mm f/2.8 prime. That focal length is already covered by the kit lens and its less than a stop faster. Its primary advantage seems to be physical size, as optical quality is TBD. Had it been a 12mm, with good IQ, I would probably buy it. A 12mm f/2.8, 20mm f/1.7 and 45mm f/2.8 macro makes a nice prime kit. In 35mm format terms, I rarely need wider than 24mm, but 28mm is, often, not quite wide enough.
I notice on the B&H site, Panasonic has not seen fit to offer the G2 in a body-only configuration or even with a 20mm f/1.7. Those of us who already own the kit lens don't need/want to buy another copy.
Paul
Sure, except that most macro work is done using manual focus (and a lot of field macro work is done hand-held), in which case selecting the focus point on the screen wouldn't actually do anything useful. The best feature for macro work would a single-button manual focus assist IMO.One instance in which a touch screen would be useful is when you have the camera on a tripod for macro work and you could then use the touch screen to define the focus point rather than the current multi-button method.
Cheers,
The best feature for macro work would a single-button manual focus assist IMO.