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Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 review at dpreview

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 review at dpreview
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 13:57:27 -0500
On Fri, May 4, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Ken Norton wrote:

> I very much like the idea of live-view EVF. Yes, live-view has its
> issues, but one thing it has is the ability to do a quick and easy
> zoom for critical focus function. I would really like (and haven't
> seen whether the M-5D does this), is a central spot in the viewfinder
> be zoomed in. The rest of the image stays full-image, just the center
> is zoomed. That way I can focus on something without having to press
> any buttons whatsoever. OK, maybe have it activate on the half-press.

My ancient Lumix does this in MF mode.  One of the things I think was
just so cool about that camera.  Problem is that there aren't enough
pixels in the display to know whether you've got accurate focus most of
the time and it only zooms about 5x. :(

Joel W.

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