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Panasonic GX10 (rumoured, FT4)

Started Jan 22, 2020 | Discussions thread
Sa7724473 Senior Member • Posts: 2,029
Re: RX100 EVF...
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Keithpictures wrote:

peppermonkey wrote:

FunGuy66 wrote:

- as you suggested, any evf would have to be very small. But maybe the quality could be enhanced without drawing too much power or taking too much space? Those small evfs on cameras like the LX100 and ZS100 are minimally useful, but not only due to size. More resolution at the same size would be an improvement.

Isn't the EVF on the Sony RX100 series quite a bit better than the one on the GX's (excluding GX8)? I'm pretty sure it's also smaller as well. And if that's the case than Panasonic should be able to update the EVF without much design problems considering Sony did this almost 6 years ago...

The RX100 VII has a viewfinder with 2.3M dots, same as the GX9. The RX100 magnification is 0.59, vs 0.7 on the GX9. I don’t think the RX is OLED. It also requires being popped up. The GX9 tilts.

So I really don’t see how the RX EVF is better in even one single way, let alone overall. Quite simply, the GX9 just suffers from bad press. It’s a totally decent VF for its class (vs the X-T30, X-E3, X-Pro 3, a6400, a6600 etc). Ok, maybe field sequential tech disturbs some people’s (Gordon Laing’s) eyes, and it’s 16x9. Big deal. The a6600 LCD is 16x9. That’s far more egregious IMO.

Never mind the Sonys - I played with this EVF many time in store and found the GM5 EVF to be no worse.

Panasonic is a company with deep experience in making electronic displays, which makes this one inexcusable.

If this product is being updated, they had better have brought this component up to date

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