Proud owner of a new Olympus E-PL6

Michael Meissner wrote:

alexisgreat wrote:

Thanks, do both of these use the accessory port?

Yes, both use the accessory port, which means you cannot use the flash at the same time.

I don't know if it was fixed in later bodies, but when the VF-2 came out, most users (including me) came to the conclusion that the VF-2 was more battery hungry than the LCD of the cameras at the time (E-P2, E-PL1, E-PL2). Generally, there were several reasons people thought this might be the case:

• The VF-2 had more pixels than the LCDs of the time (newer LCDs now have caught up or surpassed the VF-2 in terms of pixels, so it may have been limited to the older cameras)
• The VF-2 refreshed at twice the rate of the LCD
• Different types of display used

Note, all Olympus viewfinders suffer from polarization problems to different degrees when people use polarized sunglasses. The polarization in the EVF is opposite that of the LCD. On the LCD, you can view the LCD just fine in landscape orientation when using polarized glasses. If you switch to portrait orientation, the image darkens quite a bit (but it still can be viewable if you shade the LCD).

On the EVF's, if you shoot in portrait mode, everything is clear. But if you shoot in landscape mode, it becomes a problem. On the VF-2, it is completely opaque. On the E-M5 mark 1 and Stylus-1, which use a similar display from Epson, it is a little darker, and there are parts of the screen that you can't see, but I can still frame the shot with the EVF. On the E-M1, it goes back to nearly opaque if memory serves (and the VF-4 uses a display with similar characteristics, and I've heard it blacks out the screen -- the E-M5 mark II and E-M10 mark II also use similar displays).

Before upgrading to the E-M5 mark 1 and Stylus-1, I tended not to use the VF-2 due to the polarization issues (I need wrap around polarized prescription sunglasses to reduce the amount of migraines). Mostly, I just used the LCD, shading it with my hand. At times I would use the ClearViewer and it would work, but I didn't like the viewer lens bopping into my side when I carried the camera on a neck/shoulder strap.