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HELP! almost bought a GM5,..

Started Sep 1, 2018 | Discussions thread
Lance W Senior Member • Posts: 1,257
Re: HELP! almost bought a GM5,..

Eric Nepean wrote:

The unique thing about the GM5 is that it is a very small body with an EVF. It's an EVF with some limitations, but, hey, on a body that size I'm happy to have any EVF.

You can use the LCD momnitor most of the time to carefully compose your image, but in the event that strong back lighting washes out the LCD monitor, the EVF is stilll pretty functional.

I just don't like composing using an LCD at all, and use the VF 99.9% of the time. I think the VF on the GM5 is just fine--no problems at all. I really, really want a Ricoh GR. But without a VF I just can't do it. It's why I got the GM5. The one I got is a beater--not mint at all. I just wanted the smallest quality camera with a VF. Sometimes my E--M1 (and even my LX100) are too big but I still want a good camera with me.

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