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new XA2: what good is a selfie screen with no touchscreen.

Started Jan 15, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Blackdog68 Regular Member • Posts: 481
Re: new XA2: what good is a selfie screen with no touchscreen.

pavi1 wrote:

Face recognition makes it not needed but I am sure you have already been told. Touch screen is for iPhone.

Yes, as I posted, the face recognition works pretty good, but touch screens are not just for iphones.  Olympus and Panasonic both use them, even on their high end models.  The Em5 had one as does the EM1.  It's just another tool, and for many users who have tried Oly products, it proves to be a very useful tool for setting the focus point or snapping a shot at an odd angle.  You can easily disable it, and I have yet to see a post in the M4/3rds forum complaining about having it.  Yes, smart phones have touch screens, but that fact does not make them any less useful, and more to the point, it may help to attract new users who are familiar with them.

Why does it bother people that a smart phone feature may have use on a camera?

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