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Started Jan 11, 2019 | User reviews thread
WhiteBeard
WhiteBeard Senior Member • Posts: 2,944
Re: E-P5

Guy Parsons wrote:

WhiteBeard wrote:

paul613 wrote:

Guy Parsons's many posts inspired me to switch from a Panasonic G3 to a silver Olympus E-P5. It looks and handles like a jewel.

Paul S. in Maryl

I''s yet another of these apples and oranges comparisons... The G3 has an EVF, not a great one, but an usable one The EP-5 has none (except with an extra external one $$). Sorry, but I don't share your enthusiasm...

Fair enough comment. In my case I always, well, almost always, use screens for shooting and only very rarely indulge in an EVF, thus the E-P5 suits me. I do have the VF-2 but for a period of about 3 years it never was used so stopped carrying it in the bag. Lately I went back to occasional peek with the VF-2 to see what I may be missing, and the result is I strongly prefer a screen to look at and also get the usually better or more comfortable shooting angle/position of using a screen.

Plus in my personal exhaustive testing of IBIS performance I found that screen use gave a whisker more reliable results than holding the camera against my face with the EVF.

That is interesting and rather counter intuitive. I would have thought that holding the camera with both hands and close to your face would provide more stability...

So, screens for me. But tilt only screens and not those flippy out sideways things.

Regards..... Guy

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