Re: Fuji X10
Problem with a green light, or a beep or what have you is that all you know is that the camera focused.....but on what ??
Theres not even a center point in the OVF (wonder if it could be etched or use a sharpie etc ? lol) so you can frame the shot with the OVF, but if theres a foreground subject and a background, and you hear a beep, see a green dot out of the corner of your eye etc, how do you know if the camera picked the background or the subject ? You don't.
Probably not a problem for shooting wide angle snapshoty stuff due to so much DoF but it sadly makes the OVF not really useful for much else other than framing.
I was saddened by this at first, but after getting to handle the camera a bit, and seeing what a nice OVF it actually is, limitations aside, I changed my mind and ordered the camera.
If you want an OVF/EVF type of deal, it will disapoint. If you think of it as using an external finder, its quite good.
I had a few external finders (usually came with VC rf lenses I used to have) and I'd use them on the LX5 with it set to MF and step zoom to the proper focal length.
I think of the X10 VF the same way, its just like carrying a bunch of external finders.
Not going to work for knowing whats in focus or anything, but set the camera to say 35mm, focus at 2 meters and then it should be a great zone focus street machine. Shutter lag is supposed to be very minimal, and while it is only 85% view, still should be a fun experience.
I don't think everyone will agree, but for me its a fun way to shoot sometimes.
It looked like they followed the lead of Ricoh and put the focus confirm light in a position where you can see it turn green when using the OVF.
I don't think people are expecting it to be like an EVF as people looking at this camera (or at least the ones I know) understand the differences.
What I am most interested in seeing in using the OVF is the fluidity of the OVF zoom.