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G9 Extended Eyecup - photos and initial impressions

Started Mar 6, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP brentbrent Veteran Member • Posts: 5,766
Re: Why did you change in the first place?
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slartz wrote:

I'm struggling a little bit to understand why did you change in the first place.

I tried my G9 both with glasses and without and it was great in both cases at full magnification. Why would you change it?

Two reasons:

1. I could probably have continued using the stock eyecups on my GX7 and GX8 without thinking they were deficient, but once I bought and used the extended eyecups for those cameras, I found them a significant improvement. I anticipated that the same might be true for the G9.  If you've only ever tasted coffee at McDonalds and find it satisfactory, you might fail to understand why anyone would pay more for a cup at a good coffee shop.

2. Brian Wadie spoke highly of it, here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/60762830 Reading his comment again now, I note more clearly what he says about pressing his head firmly against the soft rubber to seal out the light.  That apparently works better for him than for me.

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