A2 vs. FZ20

"David J Taylor" wrote in message
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David Morrison wrote:
In article ,
"David J Taylor" wrote:
How easy is it to focus manually on the FZ20? I have read that there
are difficulties in low light, but I am not sure what "low light"
means. Are we talking about in a deep forest, inside a house, late
afternoon, or moonlight?

Very easy - flick a switch and turn a ring. Dark areas might
include the dark areas inside a house, possibly moonlight. I've
jsut tried this, and finding a lighter area of the subject is OK for
focussing in dark areas inside a house.

I presume that manual focussing is done by getting the image as sharp
as possible, ie, there is nothing to help do this like the split
image in an SLR?

Correct.

Is the viewfinder good enough for this sort of focussing, or do you
have to use the LCD?

Thanks for your comments.

David

Either the EVF or the LCD is fine for manual focussing.

David

The FZ10 has an aid to manual focussing whereby the central area of the EVF
is magnified as an aid to targeting the focus. I had imagined that this was
still available on the FZ20. It is not a split view, but still quite useful.

Robert R.

In article , says...
I presume that manual focussing is done by getting the image as sharp
as possible, ie, there is nothing to help do this like the split
image in an SLR?

Correct.

I assume the 20 does the same as the FZ10 and magnifies the image in the
viewfinder as an aid ?


T.
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Please Tony, NO!! You'd look dreadful in a basque and fishnets..

Tony Gartshore wrote:
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I assume the 20 does the same as the FZ10 and magnifies the image in
the viewfinder as an aid ?

Yes.

David