X100v OVF

Geekapoo wrote:

Yes, there is definitely more to camera appeal than having the best AF..less than the best may suffice.

Well, saying "less than the best may suffice" seems a bit, well, not the way I'd put it. I do want really good focus. But really good focus is not the same thing as really good autofocus. I used manual focus exclusively for a long time, including shooting weddings and even shooting school sports. As long as I can get the results I want, I'm happy, even if I have to work a little harder.

And to be honest although Sony A7 III autofocus is supposed to be pretty close to the gold standard, from my perspective, there are so many options that it almost seems a bit misleading to call it "auto" focus. I mean, it feels like I need to spend fifteen minutes before a session programming the pages and pages of autofocus options. It's so easy it's become hard!

I sometimes wonder how we ever managed to take photos back when I got started. No menus and almost no options on the cameras -- aperture, shutter speed, ASA/ISO, manual focus and perhaps futzing with a filter.

The Panasonic LX100 II might be fun to shoot with but if AF is a critical feature and you want a small camera, the last two gen RX100 cameras might be worth checking out..I own one but don't really like it (it's not worth selling/early gen).

Yes, I've considered the RX100 vii. I reviewed the original RX100 many years ago very favorably. But the RX100 vii is, to be honest, almost TOO compact for my big hands. I know, I'm hard to please. Plus I already have the RX10 iv which is basically a ginormous version of the RX100 vii with an even better zoom. At least the X100V or the LX100 ii would give me something different to play with.

I know, I'm impossible to please.

William