Sequential EVF "tearing" effect - reality or myth?

Jeanadriane wrote:

ThePhilips wrote:

WhiteBeard wrote:

This is somewhat surprising as [...]

... all Leica Q owners swear by their field-sequential EVFs being the best thing since the sliced bread...

That is in human nature. If nobody points the problem out, everybody would live on happily. But once somebody points at something, lots of people would start looking at it and be overall bothered by it.

I'm not too sure about that, Philips. I discovered this poll too late to participate, but I'm one of those who sold the GX7 mainly because of the EVF. It really bothered me. And I can't even say it was because of the rainbow tearing. It just was too damn unpleasant while I was (am) used to the gorgeous LVF2s on my GX1s. I think I was more bothered by the tiny size of the EVF at 4:3 and the fact that the diopter correction stopped at +3 while the LVF2 goes up to +5, which is great for me. Had the EVF of the GX7 been bigger, I probably just could have done with the +3, after all there are other EVFs In that range that I can deal with, but not with this puny thing on the GX7 and I'm afraid it's gonna kill the GX80 for me too. The GX8 on the other hand.... WOW! Thát's an EVF!

It is good that there is a camera for everyone.

The design brief of the GX80 was obviously to make as small a M4/3 mount camera that could be made with every user convenience built it.  By necessity the evf was not going to be large.  That is why Panasonic has another model with larger overall size and a suitably large evf (GX8).

This makes the GX80 the renamed GM7 by definition - one of the compact GM body series where Panasonic chickened out on the naming sequence as they must have decided that too many potential users were seeing the GM series as lightweight-use cameras.

Those that wanted features added back into the GM series really wanted a GM size body with all the GX7 "good bits".  No amount of telling would convince them that a GM series with all the nominated extras was the GX7 and the cumulative effect of "just a little larger" with every add-back "needed".  Now the GX80 is indeed a little smaller than the GX7 and loaded up to the hilt and immediately there is a request that it be fitted up with a larger evf ...... (?)

Methinks that such a camera would strongly resemble a GX8  - go for it, but the GX7 and GX80 evf are fine by me.

BTW, what surprised me in my months with the GX7, was also that I actually preferred the weaker contrast and saturation in the LVF2. To me it felt more comfortable to the eye and by that made it easier to judge or even see the image. But again, that as well might have been the result of tiny size & diopter limitation.

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