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Does Panasonic DMC-G7 / G85 have manual focus ?

Started Nov 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Does Panasonic DMC-G7 / G85 have manual focus ?

As others have mentioned, the G85 has a rocker switch under the shutter to switch between single auto focus, continuous focus, and manual focus.

Some lenses have the option to move the focus ring to switch to manual focus.  Mostly it is the Olympus mid/upper end lenses, but the new Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 lens has this ability.  The downside is if you engage the focus clutch ring by accident, you wonder why your lens is not focusing.   Olympus mid/upper bodies have an option to disable this feature.  So far, I don't think Panasonic has an option.

Besides just supporting manual focusing, the cameras have the ability to enlarge an area of the screen so you can better tell if something is in focus, and/or use the focus peaking that will indicate when things are in focus.

In the G85 advanced manual, look at pages 104-105, 116, and 212-215.

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