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Driven nuts

’ve been using a Lumix FZ82 as my out-and-about camera for three years now. It takes surprisingly good pictures but has been driving me nuts. The problem has always been that the focus area moves when I use the viewfinder. I set it just above centre, look through the viewfinder and it moves to the bottom right-hand corner. I swear a bit, reset it and I might get a couple of shots then it does it again. It has been driving me mad. Then last night I had a lightbulb moment and worked out why. It’s my big nose! It appears that the back screen is still live even when using the viewfinder, and

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