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GX7 EVF great or not so great

Started Sep 27, 2013 | Polls thread
Jerodequin
Jerodequin Senior Member • Posts: 1,289
Re: Comparing specs

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

nevada5 wrote:

Sony NEX-6 Viewfinder magnification 1.09x Viewfinder resolution 2,359,000

Panasonic GH3 Viewfinder magnification 1.34x Viewfinder resolution 1,744,000

Panasonic G6 Viewfinder magnification 1.4x Viewfinder resolution 1,440,000

Panasonic GX7 Viewfinder magnification 1.39x Viewfinder resolution 2,764,800

This is why specs don't do a lot for me and why I value the opinions of people on these forums so much.

I have seen with my own eyes my G5 a G6 and a GX7 and believe me the GX7 just isn't in the same ball park. Read the report above (thanks for posting) and it appears to be twice as good as any competitors. The feeling that I must be wrong is I am going back to my local LCE tomorrow who have a GX7 and a G6 on display and I will try again.

As have I but compared in-store to my GH2, and I disagree, my GH2 EVF has a slightly larger view, but the GX7 I tried had a sharper display with a visibly improved refresh rate, especially in low light.

It's obviously a subjective, personal thing, but I'll take slightly smaller, more detailed with superior colour reproduction and refresh rate over slightly larger.

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