It's easier with a viewfinder than LCD screen on GR, or it is for me.
I recently returned home from a week on holiday, when I only took my GRiii and the wide angle attachment (excellent option, I think). I've come to consider my GR as a perfect snap shot (yes, as it's overkill for snap shots I know that
), because viewing the LCD screen at arm's length makes viewing and composition tricky. I have ways to work round these "limitations", which I'm fine with.
However, on return I dragged out my old K3 and 20-40 combination to compare on a day trip. After a week using the GR it was much better/easier to use the viewfinder to see the shot and make fine compositional changes. It was easier too to view the scene through the viewfinder and in TaV scroll through the shutter and aperture.
I love my GR (and its new attachment), but the natural way of raising the camera to my eye and fine tuning the shot is more satisfying and successful than using an LCD screen at arms length. The GR has advantages over the heavier DSLR, but, for me, DSLRs are hard to beat.
My larger K1 is nearly always used on a tripod, so I see this as a whole different experience.
Do others feel, or not, that the experience of a GR style cameras are less successful/satisfying when not just using a camera in snap-shot mode?