EM5 mk ii, image preview in Viewfinder

ThomasH_always said:

I have a question.

I took the em5 mkII in a store for a few hands-on tests, and a few issues stroke me: Foremost, after taking an image, the camera displays the image in the viewfinder, thus making you literally blind for several seconds. That is most annoying, to me at least. The clerk was not sure how to switch this off. The number of menus and options is overwhelming in these Olympus cameras... I would like the viewfinder to stay on its primary function at all times, like the optical viewfinder. Does someone know how to set the viewfinder to work at all times?

Thomas

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apathyman said:

ThomasH_always said:

I have a question.

I took the em5 mkII in a store for a few hands-on tests, and a few issues stroke me: Foremost, after taking an image, the camera displays the image in the viewfinder, thus making you literally blind for several seconds. That is most annoying, to me at least. The clerk was not sure how to switch this off. The number of menus and options is overwhelming in these Olympus cameras... I would like the viewfinder to stay on its primary function at all times, like the optical viewfinder. Does someone know how to set the viewfinder to work at all times?

Thomas

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If the E-M5 ii works the same as the E-M10 - and I'm almost certain it does - there is a menu setting called 'Rec View' which determines how long the image is displayed after the shot is taken. It sounds as if the camera you used has this set for something like 2-3 seconds. Rec View can be turned off fully, which should do what you want.

Cheers

Brian

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