G2 touch to focus in video mode

[Martti Ekstrand]

Just looked through the Register's review of G2 and lo-and-behold - the touchscreen focusing actually works in video mode, ie: you can click on a object in the frame and the camera refocusses to that. It's not absolutely perfect according to the text in the review but hey, goddarn cool anyway.

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Here's the entire review, the section about the touch to focus is on page 4.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03/08/preview_camera_panasonic_dmc_g2/

 

[Isaac_Brody]

That's not bad, I wonder if you can set it ahead of time and hit a button to get precise rack focus without the little searching in between. If so that's an awesome feature.

 

[Ron Rodenmeyer]

I checked out the YouTube video at your link, Martti, and I must say that's pretty impressive. Liza Witz at Vimeo's M4/3 group called this feature a "built in follow focus". I thought it was mere wishful thinking on her part, but in a controlled situation with enough light, this could be very useful.

Add this to the GH2 features wishlist!