Author Topic: G3 - any aftermarket eye cups? (Read 900 times)

claud9999 · « **on:** July 06, 2011, 10:35:22 AM »

So I received my G3K on Friday and spent the weekend shooting...Generally I am happy with the camera--the AF is fast, the controls and menus are straightforward. The camera does feel a bit plasticky and fragile but so far seems to be holding up well. I don't really use the display or touchscreen much, I find I'm spending at least 50% of my time controlling the camera through the EVF. The focus modes are very nice with a lot of options and controls and using the body with a manual focus lens works well too.

Using the EVF in bright light is tricky (for some reason, much more difficult than the E-VF2 on my E-P2). I wear eye glasses so that could be part of my problem. The rubber bumper on the viewfinder looks like it could be removed and replaced with a proper eye cup, so I'm wondering if anyone knows of any aftermarket options for larger eye cups?

voyager · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2011, 11:05:58 PM »

Do you know what the specs are for that eyepiece? Most might not fit the EVF of the G3.

That's a shame that the camera feels plastic and fragile though.

lisandra · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2011, 05:02:20 PM »

does the camera have diopter correction? you can play with that and take the glasses off

claud9999 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2011, 05:17:43 PM »

Alas, my glasses are for astigmatism (strong astigmatism), not for near/far-sightedness so the diopter won't do me any good.

Been having a lot of fun with the G3, it's got some nice zoom capabilities for manual focus lenses and the EVF is sharp/clear enough to get very good focus with shallow DoF. (The E-VF2 is not quite as good in that regard, in my rough estimation.)

The touch screen, though, I could really do without (and I do!) It's an embarrassment of slow responsiveness, making it unusable for anything. Tried to show a friend some pics and resorted to the "d pad + zoom wheel".

G3 - any aftermarket eye cups?