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Panasonic G85 from an Olympus user

Started Nov 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
Helen
Helen Veteran Member • Posts: 7,606
Re: Electronic Viewfinder (switching views)
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Michael Meissner wrote:

One thing that I do on my Olympus cameras is turn off the automatic switching between the LCD and the EVF. I often carry my cameras on neck straps, and when the camera is on, but against my chest, the sensor will think my eye is close by, and put the camera into EVF mode. It will not let the camera power down due to not being used, because it thinks my eye is close. So, I turn off the sensor, and let the camera go to sleep when I'm not actively shooting.

Like the Olympus cameras, the G-85 has a button to switch the LCD. Unlike the Olympus setup, where you first have to go into the menu to disable automatic switching, and then just use the button as a toggle, the G-85 button is tri-state (using the EVF, using the back LCD, and automatic switching between the two). In theory, I have having this choice, but I will see whether having to press the button two times to skip the automatic switching will be hard to remember.

For info, on the Olympuses you don't need to go into the menu to disable automatic switching - you can jump straight to the setting by pressing and holding the "TV screen with vertical lines either side" EVF button - you are then straight away on the setting screen for the eye sensor.

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