Originally posted by Christine Tham No. I've used an M9, and you can't use the LCD when taking photos - it's only for reviewing afterwards.
LCD with the ability to zoom in to the part of the image to focus on, will be really useful. I have rather bad astigmatism on my right eye, so I find the range finder focusing system painful and difficult to use.
I hope they upgrade the sensor though - I liked the sensor on the M9, but quality above ISO 1000 is mediocre ...
I'm sorry to hear about your eye condition that makes the OVF and rangefinder hard to use.
My eyes don't bother me when using cameras, and I can't imagine that I'd ever want to compose and shoot on the LCD of a camera with a real, mechanical, M-style rangefinder. It'd be like watching a movie on a phone in the same room as a big screen TV.
I can totally understand your reasons, but for those of us who are fortunately not afflicted, I wanted to get the idea across to anybody who's never used an M before...I have an M2, and were it digital with a really nice LCD, I'd still always shoot with the VF.
Have you tried a correcting diopter on an RF?