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[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Mountain View, CA on 8/8/2008
Comments about Ricoh Ricoh VF-1 Removable External Viewfinder for GX100 & GX200 Digital Cameras:
Once I dialed in the focus, I found the display quite good. It doesn't have great resolution, but for composition that isn't necessary. It's a nice bright display.
Mainly it gives the camera added stability to the camera by allowing the photographer to bring the camera up to the face to take the picture.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Oakland, Ca on 7/31/2008
Comments about Ricoh Ricoh VF-1 Removable External Viewfinder for GX100 & GX200 Digital Cameras:
I bought this with the camera and while I find this occasionaly useful, it's only just barely so. It is useful in bright light and to see shutter speed/aperature readouts and all the other bits of information provided in the viewscreen. The flip-up feature is handy particularly for macro work and it is nice to use it in a traditional, eye-level SLR type stance. The problem is the resolution is so low that's it's hard to tell if the darn thing is in focus or not. It's a great idea and I'd be willing to accept a somewhat larger version of this if it could give me a view more like a mid-level traditional film SLR. As is, it's maybe worth the money...but only just barely.