I the idea of the "green dot" moving to various in-focus points as you manually focus is interesting. That's something (but not exactly) like how things work on my older Canon camera. I don't usually focus that way, but I think it might be more useful than the MF focus aid we have now (and which appears on other brands of mirrorless cameras ) where a "halo" appears around things that are supposedly in focus. A problem I have with that approach is that it doesn't really tell me exactly where the focus is — it is more like what is in the DOF zone, however the camera defines it. (If you focus on a flat surface extending away from the from you, you'll see what I mean.)
IN answer to the question posed about this (andYMMV)while I recognize that the XH2 has a higher-spec EVF, after using the XT5 for maybe a few years now, I would not move to the XH2 for that. (I think that most people will find other reasons are more important when it comes to choosing between those two cameras. XH2 if you do more high-end-ish video, do a lot of burst-mode shooting that requires a deeper buffer, are sure you prefer a larger body, prefer PASM over the "knobs and dials" interface. You might prefer the XT5 if you are a fan of those knobs and dials and not PASM, if you want a smaller and tighter camera, if if your photography with the camera will not be video-centric or rely on that deep, fast buffer. (If you really want the 26MP sensor, that could be a decisions point, too.) To me, all of those things seem a lot more critical than the difference in EVF performance.
I had overlooked the difference in rear screen design, so that could be a factor, too, though I still think that other performance metrics are likely to me more critical. (I prefer the non-flippy screen...)
Mar 04, 2026 at 05:26 PM
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