Panasonic GX10 (rumoured, FT4)

Harold66 wrote:

Keithpictures wrote:

So many comments here about the EVF. I really don’t get it.

The GX9 EVF is no worse than it’s true competition: the a6600, the X-Pro, the X-E3, X100F and the LX100 II. It has higher resolution than all of those, actually, at 2.7m dots.

I speak as a pure fan of rangefinder-styled crop sensor cameras. There are so many features I care about more than the EVF, including the LCD. I do want a camera that *has* an EVF (and OVF with it is great), and it’s especially cool if it *tilts*. But I also envy the a6600, which has a totally mundane 2.3m non-tilting, small EVF with even less magnification. It has *everything else* though. (Too bad Sony UI is atrocious.)

Field sequential tech is not the end of the world (unless it really does bother your eyes). Yes, OLED is preferred and I do welcome it. But I really don’t understand how so many GX fans complain and worry about this. Weather sealing, mic input, better IBIS, better 4K, compact kit size, autofocus - all of those are more important to me, and are needed to properly compete against Sony and Fuji. So long as I can use the VF in sunshine, it’s doing its job.

Frankly, I’m just happy the LCD is so good, since I can use that in the sun quite often. That cannot be said for the Sony cameras!

The GX series is unfairly maligned over this issue. 2.7m dots isn’t as high as the flagship G9 or X-T3, but if you really love flat top bodies, it remains very competitive. And frankly, making the EVF bigger, like the GX8, is also somewhat against the philosophy of the GX series. Fuji and Sony and Leica all do it right: keep left-corner VFs small and simple, to maintain the attractive body design.

You are missing one key point. It is not just the sequential field effect. It is the ridiculous choice of a 16:9 ratio on a camera with a 4:3 ratio. What Panasonic was thinking about ? 🙄😵

To keep the size of the line of product small. And to have a better spec for marketing purpose.

Had been discussed many times, if the evf changed to 4:3 display unit, the height of GX7/85/9 must be increased.

If the existing height bee maintained, the magnification would have to be reduced to 0.53x. Looking back at the evf models of Panny, except for the GM5 which is 0.46x (everyone knows it is tiny), 0.53x could be the next smallest! Comparing to its peer group, it would also not good for marketing purpose. EM10.2, EM10.3 & Pen-F all are 0.62x and EM5.3 is 0.68x. 0.7x sounds bigger(?) 😣 .