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VF-1 Impresses Me

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^The VF-1 feels well-built with sturdy material, weighting like two coins or three in the hand.

After taking 100-odd photos with the VF-1 (hereinafter "VF" for the ease of typing) for over a week, I am ready to offer my impressions of it. First of all, we are going to judge it by its appearance.

 

1(Medium)^ With the hot shoe cover removed, there the VF goes in.  The VF-1 comes with a small case to store the VF-1 or otherwise the hotshoe cover detached from the camera.

The VF is rather light-weight and does not add much weight to the camera, which is important to photographers who prefer to hanging the GX200 around the neck. The VF is inclinable upward for as much as 90 degree.

 

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^If you are short- or far-sighted, turn the eyepiece to correct the diopter.  The correction is very effective to me.

The designers must be lauded for incorporating the diopter correction controller in the eyepiece, a tweak of which can vary the diopter. (As an aside, Ricoh has probably got the best, meticulous camera designers. The GRDs’ and GXs’ implementation of the digital zoom controlling is ace, which prevents its accidental activation even when its position is at ON.)

 

2(Medium)^The male connector

The assembly of the VF is anything but wobbly. In case you wonder, the VF is plugged to the camera with a male data-transmission connector. So, the VF is firmly attached to the camera and will not come off by accident.

 

4(Medium)^The nude VF-1 without the :) condom

With the VF attached to the GX200, the camera case has to be extended on its top. This is the biggest peeve I have found about the VF. The camera case now becomes so fitting for the VF that it takes, pardon me, the skill of using a condom. I have to somehow press the VF with my left thumb to ensure that when closing and opening the camera case, the extended part does not apply unsuitable force to it and turn the diopter (eyepiece), which had been the unfortunate case for a few times.

Fortunately, with some practice, I am more used to doing the GX200 plus the VF in and out of the case.

Until tomorrow, here are some photos taken with my GX200 by using the VF-1:

R0016632 (Large)

R0016595 (Large)

R0016637 (Large)

R0016628a (Large)

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