Panasonic G85 from an Olympus user

Michael Meissner wrote:

alcelc wrote:

Likley other members had solved the issue on using 4-way cammander keys to move your focus point in tradtional manner.

Regarding Touch AF (Use LCD) and Touch Pad AF (Use evf), if the fopcus point has been moved accidentally, we can simply touch the LCD any where (to make the focus point be movable/resizable) and hit "Disp" key plus a half press of shutter. Your run away focus point would return to the center immediately.

However, I can assign a button on the E-M1 and E-M5 to automatically jump back to the home position. Thus I can set the focus point (either with the arrow pad or if I'm using live view via the touch screen), and immediately jump back by pressing the button assigned to ... Set Home.

On the G85, I have to reset the focus point. At one time, in one of the modes to get to setting the focus point, I could press the display button, and it would jump back, but as I normally use it, the display button doesn't do that reset, and I have to manually move the cursor back. Now, if you have the guide mode set for the rule of 1/3's (display horizontal and vertical bars at 1/3 and 2/3), the arrows outside of the focus point being set just line up with the center window formed by the 1/3 and 2/3 lines. It is slower to reset it like that.

100% understand and personal perfernce is, personal....

But as the Touch AF or Touch Pad AF is so conveince to move the focus point around, basically a full reset by "Disp" key to the center, and move it again by touch AFs might be a work around solution. Obviously Pany's solution might be for those who would not only switch the focus between 2 fixed locations. A trade off of flexibility vs speed + precision(?).

BTW, a final thought: If having the grid on, the 2 touch AFs might allow us to move the focus to the where we wish not much slower than Oly's implemenation. By it, we can spare a key for other job and could move the focus to any where if needed quicker.

Wishing it might enhance your enjoyment on using the touch LCD....

I do appreciate the touch LCD when I'm using live view on the LCD. And in fact, I think Panasonic uses the touch screen better than Olympus does.

However, when I'm shooting with the camera up to the EVF, I don't want to use the touch screen because either because I've folded the LCD inside the camera, or I don't want my nose and/or hand holding the camera to change things.

Nose job (a terms created by Tom?) would be more pronounced for  centered evf (likely the Gs and GHs) but less problematic on sided located evf. Although I have a small and flat nose, I also experienced the problem when shooting with Gs... Disable of Touch Pad AF might help but save LCD allways on?